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How do you get the rest of the form to shift down when a field grows in a subform

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I am using ES2, I am trying to get a form to shift down when a field grows in a subform, and nothing I tries works.  I am not an expert in this area, but all the help I have tried on-line does not seem to workI would be more than happy to email the form to anyone that could give me some assistance.  I have already spent too much time on this project, and if I cant get it to work, I will have to move back to a simple word form without all the fancey bells and whistles, but I hate to move backwards.  Any help or guidance would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

Kathy

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You can find a lot of useful examples on the Assure Dynamics page.

Here's one that show how the expand objects in flowed layouts.

http://www.assuredynamics.com/index.php/portfolio/expanding-objects-in-flowed-subforms/

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Thank you so much, I tried to duplicate the form from Assure and something is still wrong.  The background of the subform is not light green, I am not sure if the color was for display purpose only, but it still did not flow right either.  I was unable to find the option in the testfield to "Display all of the content (on exit).  I am also getting an warning note: The object may not work properly. Although the object is allowed to break, deselecting the "allow page breaks within content" option of the parent object restricts this object from breaking between pages.    Here is the settings as they are currently set:

Subform:

OBJECT TAB

     Binding:

          Object: subform1

          DataBinding: Usename (subform1)

     Pagination:     Greyed out

     Subform:

          Content: Flowed

          Flow Direction:     Top to Bottom

          Allow Page Breaks withing Content     Checked

          This subform is an insertion point        Unchecked

BORDER TAB - NA

LAYOUT TAB

     x = .25IN                         Y=.25IN

     width = 8in                       height = greyed out

     autofit no checked             autofit = greyed out but checked

ACCESIBILITY TAB

     Role: None

     Rest is greyed out

TEXT FIELD SETTINGS:

OBJECT TAB

     Field:

          Field type: Text Field

          Caption: TextField

          Appearance: Sunken Box

          Allow Multiple Line     Checked

          Limit Length - Not Checked

          Limit Lenfth to visible Area - Not Checked

          Allow Page Breaks within content - Checked

          Keep with Next - Not Checked

   Value

          Type: User Entered Optional

          The rest is blank

     Binding 

          Name: TextField1

          Data Binding: Use name (testField1)

BORDER TAB - NA

LAYOUT TAB

     X = Greyed out                    Y = Greyed out

     Width: 2.4409in                    Height: .3543in

     Expand to fit - not checked     Expand to fit = Checked

What am I missing?