How to split a table by two columns in FastReport?

Question

I have a typical FastReport report with a table inside of a MasterData band. The table is pretty lengthy and narrow, so I'm thinking about splitting it in half and placing the lower half next to the upper half like so:

A        A  D
B        B  E
C   ->   C  F
D
E
F

There's a catch - rows on the table are 1-3 lines tall.

I have tried using MasterData.Columns property. Two problems with it are: it splits the table by-row, making it AB CD EF, which is not acceptable, also it does not account for row heights, so if for example row A is taller than others, then there's unwanted gap after D on the second column (despite the StretchMode = smMaxHeight).

My FastReport version is 4.7.

Answer 1

FastReport has two ways to make a column report.

You already discovered one of them "band columns" - this method prints band from left to right and then down.

The second way is a page columns. With Page column FR prints band till the end of the page and then moves to next column. I think this method exactly what you are looking for. To make a page columns just double click on the page in the report designer, select other options tab and set the number of columns you want to print.