By using embedded HTML tags "[]", closing Table Tags and the COLSPAN
tag you can make your response document rows run across multiple columns.
Now you don't have to see your response doc text limited to one column vertically.
Code
It's a good idea to view the source of your unmodified view as generated
through a browser before you begin in case you have unexpected results.
In a nutshell you will first need to cut your existing Response column from it's
current location over to the left 2 columns. Then you will need to close
domino generated table and table cells and reopen it with the COLSPAN
attribute. Then you'll have to put back the domino generated tags to fix the
out of balance tags.
This is for a column that has the "Responses only" property set.
Here is an example, this column is two columns to the left of where I
originally had it:
First turn you contents into text via a formula and variable.
text := "(" + @Right(TEChargeCode;2) + "): " + TEDescription + OT;
Then close the nested table within the the table cell that Domino ordinarily
generates with embedded HTML.
"[</TABLE></TD>
Now open a new table cell and set any special properties - fonts or styles
using embedded HTML.
<TD COLSPAN=5><FONT SIZE=1>]"
Now append your text that you created earlier.
+ text +
Finally close out any special tags you used for your cell, your cell and then
reopen tags for what Domino originally generated. This is to make sure
you don't have any unbalanced tags.
"[</FONT></TD><TD><TABLE>]"
All together the cell's formula looks like this:
text := "(" + @Right(TEChargeCode;2) + "): " + TEDescription + OT;
"[</TABLE></TD><TD COLSPAN=5><FONT SIZE=1>]"+
text +
"[</FONT></TD><TD><TABLE>]"
If this doesn't work as expected, compare the source view from the web browser
both before and after you made the modifications to your view. Then do either
or both of the following. Move your response column left of right. Change
the COLSPAN value to increase or decrease it.
This same trick can be used to grow rows horizontally, although you'll need to
study the domino generated view before you mess with embedded HTML.
