Content create fields on initial creation

Hello,

I have a question regarding content create, we have used this in the master pages templates so when a user creates a page it creates the region and its properties and then output the fields. This works fine, the user goes into the regions and all is as it should. The only issue we found with this was if we wanted a region for file upload but if no file is uploaded it falls back to some text stating no file has been uploaded.

So the code is like this:

<perch:if exists="report"> 
        <a href="<perch:content id="report" type="file" label="Annual report PDF" />">Download my file</a>
    <perch:else />
        No file uploaded
</perch:if>

The issue comes into play when the user doesn't go into that region when they create the page, which they are unlikely to do unless they need to upload a file when the page is first made, however the template is not rendered, it returns nothing unless they actually go into the region and saves a empty region.

I am not sure if this is just a limitation we need to work with or I am using it in wrong way.

The code for the page is:

    <?php perch_content_create('File Upload', array(
        'template' => 'file.html',
    )); 
    ?>
    <?php perch_content('File Upload'); ?>

Any help would be appreciated.