For each object or record, a frame or repeating frames size can be expandable, contractible, variable, or fixed (specified by the Horizontal Elasticity and Vertical Elasticity properties).
For example, you can set the properties to specify that it should be fixed
in size horizontally, but expand vertically if a record requires more space.
In the figure below, notice that there are four records for department 20, but
only one record each for departments 10 and 30. The repeating frame has expanded
vertically to accommodate department 20s additional records.
Frames or repeating frames that contract horizontally or vertically reduce
in size when an object or record requires less space than the frame or repeating
frames initial size. A frame or repeating frame may also be variable in
size: it expands or contracts based on the size of the value it displays. Also,
if a frame or repeating frame is fixed in size and an object or records
data requires a larger field than it can contain, the remaining data will be
pushed onto the following page(s) in the same x and y coordinates.
Creating a frame or repeating frame
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