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Hi Adam,

At the moment if you select the page and go to the Object > Subform palette, you will see that the content is set to Positioned. This means that while object can grow in height, they will maintain their positions on the page.

As a test, change this to Flowed. You will see that your layout is messed up with all of the objects stacked vertically on the left hand side of the page.

Now click undo and get back to the Positioned layout.

You have a bit of work to do first. Group all of the objects above your expanding textfield into a Positioned subform. Then do the same with all of the objects beneath the expanding textfield. Make the width of the subforms the same as the page and adjust the positions of the objects in the subforms, so that they match your original layout.

Now when you change the layout to Flowed, the positioning of the objects will not be messed up (well not as bad at least).

When the textfield extends now, the objects in the subform will be pushed down.

There is a relevant example here: http://assure.ly/e2jR0C.

Also have a look a the tables example here: http://assure.ly/gk8Q7a.

Lastly, I have an example that looks at the difference between Positioned and Flowed layouts. http://assure.ly/eSGQMt.

Hope that helps,

Niall

Assure Dynamics