Can i make a calution that basically says if a field is empty it will not be displayed in the layout?

Hm.

You could set the borders to be nonexistent and the background transparent. Then disallow entry into the field (if possible) & have the tab order skip it.

If you want, you could create a global container field that holds a rectangular box that just happens to be the exact size of the field in question. Then create a calc that returns the contents of the global field if the main field isn't empty, and put that field behind the main field.

Now you won't see anything if the field is empty, but if it has anything, it will appear to have whatever background and border you want.

WAIT A MINUTE!

(What I get for going backwards)

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