James-
Yes, indeed (unfortunately) all the items in the band need to be blank. This is a PIA. For labels...Hm. My labels are usually in the band line above (so they don't repeat). I guess you could use a field control that is equal to blank if your "blank condition" is met, or equal to the text of label otherwise.

HTH

>In "print when", if I check "remove line if blank", the line should be removed and all floating items below the line should move up, right? It's not happening.