Adding a sub form between 2 flowed subforms

Hi...I'm attempting to add a sub form between 2 sub forms and make it flow.
I can add in my content, but I can't get it to push the content below it as it grows. I have it in a positioned subform and then wrapped in a flowed subform.
I attached my example so you can see what I'm talking about.
Specifically in the attached it's the text boxes that start with #1, #2, #3, etc....that grow but don't push down the content below them.
Thanks for the help!

Please see the fixed form attached.
You had two issues:
1. The subforms containing the expanding fields (SF_DIV and Subform12) needed to be flowed
2. The subform (Subform11.Table2.Row1[2].untitled Subform) was flowed, but had a fixed height which prevented it from expanding
I also reduced the size of your form from 201KB to 14KB by turning off 'Embed Fonts' in Form Properties > Save Options
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Ben Walsh
http://www.avoka.com

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