is it possible to hide a textbox ?

[TheBionicOrange]

I've got a textbox on a detail line saying "Construction Type :" and after that the relevant field from the db is displayed.
Now ... if the db field is blank the label shows regardless.
What I want to do is somehow say if the db field is blank then make the label blank, hoping that I can then use the "Suppress if Blank" option on the whoel detail row.

Is it possible to do that ? If so ... how ?

I am having trouble referencing the textbox in a formula.

[brucevde]

I find that Suppress If Blank does not seem to work, but you can Suppress the TextBox or the entire Detail section with a Formula.

Click the Formula button beside the Suppress option. Have the Formula return a True value. Some examples

IsNull({DBTable.DBField)
{DBTable.DBField} = ""

[TheBionicOrange]

OK thanks Bruce ... I'll try that.

I did end up ditching my textboxes and jsut turning "Suppress if Blank" on, which seemed to work, I just wanted the preceding textboxes to make the info shown more understandable to the user.

Mind you ... its these same people that keyed it all in in the first place, so if they don't understand what relates to what theres not much chance for the rest of us !!

Thanks again.