The box extends from above the group by detail band to below it. I need it be a specific size regardless of the number of detail lines so it cannot grow/shrink. It is actually a box that contains columns with column headers and vertical gridlines. It must be the same size box no matter the number of detail lines inside of it. The detail lines fill in the rows after the column headers. The problem is that the number of detail lines will make the box grow/shrink to fit. I need the box to stay put regardless of the number of child records in the group by setting. I temporarily resolved it by added blank records to the child group by table force the reccount() to 10 (the max number of detail lines and the size I need the box to be). However, I was hoping there was a better way to do it.

Tracy
>Hi Tracy,
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>It's not clear where do you want this box to be printed.
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>>I have a report that is written using ??? and I am creating a new frx to replace it. In the group by section I need to print child records (up to 10) that I need to account for. However, I have a background box that I want to stay FIXED and not adjust as each child record prints. I have tried stretching the box from the group header to the group footer to no avail. No matter what I do, the box grows/shrinks with the group detail. While this is usually the behavior you might want, I need a fixed box size in the background. Any way to accomplish this?
>>TIA,
>>Tracy