What about placing spaces in the text box if a certain condition is met?

If {table.text_field} = "R"
Then {table.text_field} = "R"
Else {table.text_field} = "    "

I am thinking that would be placed in the Section Expert for the details section.

I usually place a formula there to create a mainframe type report look with alternating shades:

If recordnumber mod 2 = 0 then crsilver else crnocolor

You could make a formula field to represent that text object. Then your formula would look something like this:

stringvar text_box;

If {table.text} = "R"
Then text_box = "R"
Else text_box = "    ";

text_box;

Edited by hello - 10 Feb 2014 at 4:06am