Repeating frame with no rows returned messing up display

I have a repeating frame nested within a frame among other items. When there are no rows returned for the repeating frame query, the report is shifting all the objects below the repeating frame upward in the page. How do I get the space held by the repeating frame to just stay blank if no rows are returned?

Hi:
Is the Image and the Text within a Frame?If not, put these within a frame. If the text still moves up, then use an anchor.
what I mean is if your report looks like this:
<REGULAR FRAME>
<REPEATING-FRAME>
TEXT1
IMAGE
<REGULAR FRAME>
TEXT2
then put the TEXT1 and IMAGE inside a FRAME.
HTH
Srini Ramanujam.

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