Hi, I have the same problem while using a frame element (instead of subreport) inside another frame element. ... <detail> <band height="250" isSplitAllowed="false"> <frame> <reportElement positionType="Float" x="0" y="0" width="505" height="235"/> <box border="1Point" padding="5"/> <frame> <reportElement positionType="Float" mode="Opaque" x="0" y="0" width="495" height="21" backcolor="#C0C0C0"/> <staticText> <reportElement x="0" y="0" width="80" height="20"/> <textElement verticalAlignment="Middle"> <font isBold="true" isItalic="true" pdfFontName="Helvetica-BoldOblique"/> </textElement> <text><![CDATA[Name:]]></text> </staticText> <textField isStretchWithOverflow="true"> <reportElement x="80" y="0" width="200" height="20"/> <textElement verticalAlignment="Middle"> <font isItalic="true" pdfFontName="Helvetica-Oblique"/> </textElement> <textFieldExpression class="java.lang.String"><![CDATA[$F{name}]]> </textFieldExpression> </textField> </frame> ... </frame> </band> </detail> ... The frame boxes for each element within the detail band are displayed correctly but all the data within the frame itself is written to the upper left corner of the page. This problem only occurs for RTF documents, but not for PDF documents. Did you meanwhile find a solution for this problem? Thanks and regards, Sabine Post edited by: slein, at: 2006/08/28 12:51