>>Hi all,
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>>I am working on a report that displays a string of ten lines inside a rectangle. But when the report is generated, the rectangle stretchs as if the string has twenty lines. There are no extra lines, just the ten.
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>>What would make it do this, and how do make it stop?
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>>thanks.
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>What kind of 'strectch' you selected? It should be 'to tallest object in group'.

I resolved the problem by dividing the report into multiple bands. The report was very complex with many controls. The rectangle was stretching to match the height of another rectangle on the report. Once I seperated them, they started to behave themselves. Kinda reminds me of children.