I am building a report in ireports 5.6.0 having multiple sub reports. The text boxes defined in those subreports are having extar bottom padding or can say a new line in inserted in the text field area when data is retrieved. Pls help!! 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FACILITY_NUM, PRINC_OUTSTANDING_AMT, DPD, COLLATERAL,dt_updt from RECALL_EXPOSURE where memo_ID=$P{memoID_exposure} order by ID_EXPOSURE]]> </queryString> <field name="ID_EXPOSURE" class="java.math.BigDecimal"/> <field name="NM_FACILITY" class="java.lang.String"/> <field name="FACILITY_NUM" class="java.lang.String"/> <field name="PRINC_OUTSTANDING_AMT" class="java.math.BigDecimal"/> <field name="DPD" class="java.lang.String"/> <field name="COLLATERAL" class="java.lang.String"/> <field name="DT_UPDT" class="java.sql.Timestamp"/> <variable name="principle amount" class="java.math.BigDecimal" calculation="Sum"> <variableExpression><![CDATA[$F{PRINC_OUTSTANDING_AMT}]]></variableExpression> <initialValueExpression><![CDATA[]]></initialValueExpression> </variable> <background> <band splitType="Stretch"/> </background> <title> <band height="45" splitType="Stretch"> <staticText> <reportElement stretchType="RelativeToTallestObject" mode="Opaque" x="0" y="0" width="128" height="45" backcolor="#99CCFF" uuid="2aa51829-876d-41b6-ba05-f0470583ebc4"/> <box leftPadding="2" rightPadding="2"> <topPen lineWidth="0.25"/> <leftPen lineWidth="0.25"/> <bottomPen lineWidth="0.25"/> <rightPen lineWidth="0.25"/> </box> <textElement verticalAlignment="Top" markup="styled"> <font size="11" isBold="false" pdfFontName="Times-Bold"/> </textElement> <text><![CDATA[Facility]]></text> </staticText> <staticText> <reportElement stretchType="RelativeToTallestObject" mode="Opaque" x="291" y="0" width="224" height="45" backcolor="#99CCFF" uuid="31ea73bb-8b94-4d10-9beb-fd7c153852f8"/> <box leftPadding="2"> <topPen lineWidth="0.25"/> <leftPen lineWidth="0.25"/> <bottomPen lineWidth="0.25"/> <rightPen lineWidth="0.25"/> </box> <textElement verticalAlignment="Top" markup="styled"> <font size="11" isBold="false" pdfFontName="Times-Bold"/> </textElement> <text><![CDATA[Collateral]]></text> </staticText> <staticText> <reportElement stretchType="RelativeToTallestObject" mode="Opaque" x="255" y="0" width="36" height="45" backcolor="#99CCFF" uuid="cdc9abf5-70e7-4ae9-86ee-8a88ab98604f"/> <box leftPadding="2"> <topPen lineWidth="0.25"/> <leftPen lineWidth="0.25"/> <bottomPen lineWidth="0.25"/> <rightPen lineWidth="0.25"/> </box> <textElement verticalAlignment="Top" markup="styled"> <font size="11" isBold="false" pdfFontName="Times-Bold"/> </textElement> <text><![CDATA[DPD]]></text> </staticText> <staticText> <reportElement stretchType="RelativeToTallestObject" mode="Opaque" x="128" y="0" width="57" height="45" backcolor="#99CCFF" uuid="0fe0f7b7-821c-4529-84e9-4d883444d429"/> <box leftPadding="2" rightPadding="2"> <topPen lineWidth="0.25"/> <leftPen lineWidth="0.25"/> <bottomPen lineWidth="0.25"/> <rightPen lineWidth="0.25"/> </box> <textElement verticalAlignment="Top" markup="styled"> <font size="11" isBold="false" pdfFontName="Times-Bold"/> </textElement> <text><![CDATA[Facility No.]]></text> </staticText> <textField isStretchWithOverflow="true"> <reportElement mode="Opaque" x="185" y="0" width="70" height="45" backcolor="#99CCFF" uuid="16cb80a9-d1df-4b5f-a50a-26ff51edb76a"/> <box leftPadding="2"> <topPen lineWidth="0.25"/> <leftPen lineWidth="0.25"/> <bottomPen lineWidth="0.25"/> <rightPen lineWidth="0.25"/> </box> <textElement verticalAlignment="Top" markup="styled"> <font size="11" isBold="false" pdfFontName="Times-Bold"/> </textElement> <textFieldExpression><![CDATA[(($F{DT_UPDT}!=null)?("Total Outstanding as at "+new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy").format($F{DT_UPDT})+" (S$) "):("Total Outstanding as at (S$)"))]]></textFieldExpression> </textField> </band> </title> <detail> <band height="15" splitType="Prevent"> <frame> <reportElement positionType="Float" x="0" y="0" width="515" height="15" uuid="be4b7492-19dc-4576-ac2b-ced2bdd65cf6"/> <box> <topPen lineWidth="0.25"/> <leftPen lineWidth="0.25"/> <bottomPen lineWidth="0.25"/> <rightPen lineWidth="0.25"/> </box> <textField isStretchWithOverflow="true" isBlankWhenNull="true"> <reportElement positionType="Float" stretchType="RelativeToTallestObject" isPrintRepeatedValues="false" x="0" y="0" width="128" height="15" uuid="3a0b59da-da3b-413a-b2b3-3cf5e6b70cbc"/> <box leftPadding="2" rightPadding="2"> <topPen lineWidth="0.25"/> <leftPen lineWidth="0.25"/> <bottomPen lineWidth="0.25"/> <rightPen lineWidth="0.25"/> </box> <textElement verticalAlignment="Top" markup="styled"> <font size="11" pdfFontName="Times-Roman"/> </textElement> <textFieldExpression><![CDATA[$F{NM_FACILITY}]]></textFieldExpression> </textField> <textField isStretchWithOverflow="true" isBlankWhenNull="true"> <reportElement positionType="Float" stretchType="RelativeToTallestObject" isPrintRepeatedValues="false" x="128" y="0" width="57" height="15" uuid="21f18610-9387-4446-b000-6898d45751a3"/> <box leftPadding="2" rightPadding="2"> <topPen lineWidth="0.25"/> <leftPen lineWidth="0.25"/> <bottomPen lineWidth="0.25"/> <rightPen lineWidth="0.25"/> </box> <textElement verticalAlignment="Top" markup="styled"> <font size="11" pdfFontName="Times-Roman"/> </textElement> <textFieldExpression><![CDATA[$F{FACILITY_NUM}]]></textFieldExpression> </textField> <textField pattern="#,##0.00" isBlankWhenNull="true"> <reportElement positionType="Float" stretchType="RelativeToTallestObject" isPrintRepeatedValues="false" x="185" y="0" width="70" height="15" uuid="c82c4a69-e5ce-4b12-b756-96a9f43e50ee"/> <box leftPadding="2" rightPadding="2"> <topPen lineWidth="0.25"/> <leftPen lineWidth="0.25"/> <bottomPen lineWidth="0.25"/> <rightPen lineWidth="0.25"/> </box> <textElement textAlignment="Right" verticalAlignment="Top" markup="styled"> <font size="11" pdfFontName="Times-Roman"/> </textElement> <textFieldExpression><![CDATA[$F{PRINC_OUTSTANDING_AMT}]]></textFieldExpression> </textField> <textField isBlankWhenNull="true"> <reportElement positionType="Float" stretchType="RelativeToTallestObject" isPrintRepeatedValues="false" x="255" y="0" width="36" height="15" uuid="1b5628af-782d-4ab1-aa7f-2f60f59a76c6"/> <box leftPadding="2" rightPadding="2"> <topPen lineWidth="0.25"/> <leftPen lineWidth="0.25"/> <bottomPen lineWidth="0.25"/> <rightPen lineWidth="0.25"/> </box> <textElement verticalAlignment="Top" markup="styled"> <font size="11" pdfFontName="Times-Roman"/> </textElement> <textFieldExpression><![CDATA[$F{DPD}]]></textFieldExpression> </textField> <textField isStretchWithOverflow="true" pattern="#,##0.00" isBlankWhenNull="true"> <reportElement positionType="Float" isPrintRepeatedValues="false" x="291" y="0" width="224" height="15" uuid="8f15bb92-85fa-4b17-86b3-c93a3f25f485"/> <box leftPadding="2" rightPadding="2"> <topPen lineWidth="0.25"/> <leftPen lineWidth="0.25"/> <bottomPen lineWidth="0.25"/> <rightPen lineWidth="0.25"/> </box> <textElement textAlignment="Justified" verticalAlignment="Top" markup="styled"> <font size="11" pdfFontName="Times-Roman"/> </textElement> <textFieldExpression><![CDATA[$F{COLLATERAL}]]></textFieldExpression> </textField> </frame> </band> </detail> <summary> <band height="20"> <frame> <reportElement positionType="Float" x="0" y="0" width="515" height="20" uuid="11663fb0-5887-4d67-9c64-ce31d06ce760"/> <box> <leftPen lineWidth="0.25"/> <bottomPen lineWidth="0.25"/> <rightPen lineWidth="0.25"/> </box> <staticText> <reportElement positionType="Float" stretchType="RelativeToBandHeight" x="0" y="0" width="128" height="20" uuid="d10502c2-bf23-4d3e-95d1-4db5402ec573"/> <box leftPadding="2" rightPadding="2"> <topPen lineWidth="0.25"/> <leftPen lineWidth="0.0"/> <bottomPen lineWidth="0.0"/> <rightPen lineWidth="0.25"/> </box> <textElement textAlignment="Left" verticalAlignment="Top"> <font size="11" isBold="false" pdfFontName="Times-Bold"/> </textElement> <text><![CDATA[Grand Total]]></text> </staticText> <staticText> <reportElement positionType="Float" x="291" y="0" width="224" height="20" uuid="76700e82-0945-4d69-bca9-66a7183676a4"/> <box> <leftPen lineWidth="0.25"/> </box> <textElement> <font size="11"/> </textElement> <text><![CDATA[]]></text> </staticText> <textField pattern="#,##0.00" isBlankWhenNull="true"> <reportElement positionType="Float" stretchType="RelativeToBandHeight" x="185" y="0" width="70" height="20" isPrintWhenDetailOverflows="true" uuid="55c2fc2e-5a7e-4d86-8600-cd1d2d1b7037"/> <box leftPadding="2" rightPadding="2"> <topPen lineWidth="0.25"/> <leftPen lineWidth="0.25"/> <bottomPen lineWidth="0.25"/> <rightPen lineWidth="0.25"/> </box> <textElement textAlignment="Right" verticalAlignment="Top" markup="styled"> <font size="11" pdfFontName="Times-Bold"/> </textElement> <textFieldExpression><![CDATA[$V{principle amount}]]></textFieldExpression> </textField> </frame> </band> </summary> </jasperReport>