Group field doesn't print when text is the same (1 Viewer)

Got a report in a custom timeclock program that shows user time entries, one line in the detail section for each time entry. Each entry has a "strSpecial" field that is generally blank but can be filled in with text like "Vacation", "Holiday", etc.

One employee had three vacations days in a row. All three time entries print but only the first one actually shows the text "Vacation". If I change each entry to "Vacation1", "Vacation2", and "Vacation3" then the vacation portion prints like it should.

If I put a msgbox in the Format event it shows that the values are actually there but just not getting put into the textbox.

I've attached a screenshot.

Check that the control that houses that particular field doesn't have the HIDE DUPLICATES property set to YES.

That's exactly what it was. Not sure how that property got set to that value unless "yes" is default in some cases.

Wow, I should have posted sooner. Been pulling my hair out for a quite a while on this one.