How do multi columns like newspaper?

[VB Programmer]

I have an ASPX page that I'm creating. It'll have alot of text. I want the
text to be 2 columns, like a newspaper. If the user resizes the browser the
columns should adjust accordingly.

What is the best way to handle this?

In addition, I may want to constrain the vertical height of the columns. Is
there a way to do this too?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Guest]

You will most likely have to use the datalist asp.net web server control.
You can set the number of colums to display the data that is bound to it

 

[Alex Homer]

Or use the <asp:Table> control to create an HTML table...

If you put an <aspanel> control or a <div> in the columns you can set the
size and force scroll bars to appear:
<div style="width:300;height:70;overflow:scroll;border:1 solid
black;padding:2">

Here's an example using a Datagrid control:
http://www.daveandal.net/books/6744/webforms/scrollitemgrid.aspx

 

[Guest]

Use the HTML table control.
Set the Height and width for each column and row.
Then use either;
1] Label control
2] Textbox control. In this case turn on luti-line and you can turn off
borders.

Should do exactly what you need.
Can also use picture or picture btn controls to add photos to your newspaper
..

Deasun

 

[Buddy]

I'm wondering if the original question was more along the lines of "how
do I flow the text of a single article across columns like in a
newspaper?". That's a much more difficult than putting individual
articles in separate table columns. I can't think of a way to do it
(maybe with some javascript that rewrites the text when you resize the
window).