Report Formatting with Dynamic Height Header/Footer

I need to generate a printable report (pdf if possible) with a:
1) Header - Dynamic Height based on recordset output
2) Body - Recordset output, may carry over to multiple pages
3) Footer - Dynamic Height based on recordset out
In short, the whole page is dynamic- The header and footer need to be on every page and whatever height is left over to fit within the print area goes to the body and the line item output of each record (think invoice). Then the number of pages will depend on how long it takes to output the body recordset (but the header and footer MUST be on each page).
I have been trying to get this to work using cfdocument since CF7 and have never had any luck. It has not worked due to the reason that since the header and footer are dynamic height, I do not have any way to set the margins properly on page generation (so it shrinks the header or leaves excess whitespace).
Anyone recommend the best way to go about this? I have heard about the report builder and am not sure if that will fit these requirements. I appreciate any assistance!

When the footer goes to the 2nd page the page subform is incremented so you will have to reference the page subform as well. I suggest that you add a button (this is for a test only) to the footer subform and add the code app.alert(this.somExpression). Now render the form and make sure the footer stays on one page. Hit the button and take note of the someExpression. Now add enough rows to force the footer to a new page. Hit th ebutton again and take note of the changed somExpression. So to solve your problem you will have to find out which page your footer is on. and then construct your expression to incorporate this chane in expression. Note that the indexes are 0 based but the page numbering is 1 based.
Hope that helps
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