[AccessD] A2K - setting a form invisible on open

John,

I have a startup form with quite a bit of startup code behind it.  To make
it invisible, I go to the database window, right-click the form, then select
properties.  Then check the Hidden checkbox.  Now the form will never
display, but all the code behind the form runs from the form's Open event.
The form also closes itself after it does all it's things and opens the
switchboard form.

For you to be able to see and select the form from the list in the database
window, go to Tools|Options, then select the View tab and check the Show
Hidden Objects checkbox.  Now, when the form list is displayed in the
database window, the startup form's small icon will be 'grayed out' to
indicate that this form is hidden.  

As long as your users can't muck around in Tool|Options and can't open the
database window, this may work for you.

HTH!
Dan Waters
Quality Process Solutions



-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of John Colby
Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2003 10:11 AM
To: AccessD
Subject: [AccessD] A2K - setting a form invisible on open


I have a form I want to open invisible every time it opens, regardless of
how it is opened.  I placed me.visible = false in OnOpen.  That doesn't
work!  The strange part is that if I place a breakpoint on the line and stop
execution on the me.visible = false, then continue, the form correctly hides
itself.

Has anyone ever seen such a strangeness?

John W. Colby
www.colbyconsulting.com


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