How to break a report with 8 columns over two pages 4 cols and 4 cols

[jthomas_1]

We are building a dynamic report designer that is based on Jasper reports.  For the most part, we use PDF as the default output.

We are facing a serious problem where, for example, if a user selects eight columns in a report, it may be that the only way to print the report is so that the first 4 columns detail and headers show on the first page and the last 4 column detail and headers show on a second page.

It looks like column breaks are the way to do this and I've been trying them in Jasper Reports, but with no luck.

Can someone show me an example of how to do this?

Thanks, Jerry

[jthomas_1]

I've create a more detailed version of this question and posted it on stackoverflow.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25857289/how-to-split-column-headers-and-detail-across-two-or-more-pages