assuming you wan t this on a details section are you doin all of the following?
1. Open Section Expert.
2. Click on the Details section to highlight it.
3. Uncheck the "new page after" check box.
4. Click on the formula box to the right of the New page after (the x-2)
5. Put the formula in here ( instr({memofield},"what i'm looking for",1)>0) and save and close.
6. Verify the X-2 next to the new page after is RED (while the details section is highlighted).
7. Hit OK.
If this does not work then something else is going on here. You have validated that the formula works in 2 different ways. As long as the formula was placed in the correct section AND the field resides correctly on that section then is should work.
If you are trying to do something else like a new page after a group footer only when one of the detals rows of that group has this vaule then this won't work. You would have to sum the instr formula on the group and then add new after if teh SUM >0.
So again if the above does not work I would need to know exaclty what section you are trying to do a new page after and what is on that section to assist more.
Hope this helps.
Edited by DBlank - 08 Jun 2009 at 1:04pm