To start the program:

2COL INPUT.TXT OUTPUT.TXT.
INPUT.TXT is the input file; the program creates OUTPUT.TXT.
Any valid filespec is OK.

2COL creates a two-column text file out of a one-column
text file.  Two example files are included: 2BEFORE.TXT
and 2AFTER.TXT.  2before is a mockup of a listing which
might be created by dBASE: one entry after the other,
separated by lines.  2AFTER is the output file.

The program reads the input file one line at a time.  It
determines the number of lines in each listing.  Each
listing can have a different number of lines.
If all of the listing's information can fit into the column
it is currently filling, then the computer adds the listing
to the bottom of the column.  Otherwise, the computer starts
a new column, either by moving to the next column on the
same page, or by starting a new page.  

If an entry is longer than a whole column (in this
program, 79 lines per column, but it can be changed)
the entry is put at the top of the next column, and is
cut at the 79th line.  The rest of the entry appears in
the following column.

Pages are numbered at the top.

This program was inspired by dBBASE III+'s ability to
print database entries one at a time, but could not
format the entries on the page.  Because my database
had entries of variable lengths, I couldn't use a simple
arithmetic method of distributing the entries along the
columns.

Licensing?  Of course not.  Public domain.  
Just remember those less fortunate.