https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/41.aspxIf you're not sure where to ask your question, ask it here. If necessary, our moderators will make sure it gets classified in the correct board.enCommunityServer 2007 SP3 (Build: 31118.962)https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/97545.aspxTue, 20 May 2014 15:25:21 GMT033a2e2d-04e2-4a9d-be01-a4634161eefd:97545jaxkookie0https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/97545.aspxhttps://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=41&PostID=97545<p>I know there are many posts in here with line breaks or newlines. I still dont fully grasp the rules on this so unable to trouble shoot. I can make the newline work. the issue i have is I always end up with first line blank then my data/results appears. example, I have several checkboxes only if they are not blank I set my result&nbsp;field value to <strong>recalc</strong>. when my result field is equal to recalc I run this rule with this action</p><p>substring(xdMath:Eval(xdMath:Eval((../my:CurbToCurb | ../my:DoorToDoor | ../my:DoorThroughDoor | ../my:DriverAssistanceEnteringVehicle | ../my:FoldingWheelchairAccess | ../my:MotorizedWheelchairAccess | ../my:VehicleWaiting | ../my:WheelchairLift-EquippedVehicles | ../my:Other)[. != &quot;&quot;], &#39;concat(&quot;; &quot;, xdXDocument:GetDOM(&quot;NewLine&quot;)/linebreaks/newLine, .)&#39;), &quot;..&quot;), 3, 1000)</p><p>how can I get rid of the first blank line?</p>