[AccessD] DoCmd.OpenFrom acHidden is not hidden

 Hi Gustav --

I have just tried to open and make visible the child form the way you do - it worked well, no any frame painted.
The issue should be then, as Stuart noted, with your lengthy calculations, which suspend form's rendering.

-- Shamil


Пятница, 15 марта 2013, 11:46 +01:00 от "Gustav Brock" <gustav at cactus.dk>:
>Hi Shamil
>
>I don't think so. The main issue is not to make the form visible; it is to prevent its frame (or anything else) to be painted on the screen when the form is opened as hidden:
>
>  DoCmd.OpenForm "frmSomeForm", acNormal , , , , acHidden
>
>In my world, a form opened hidden should not show anything on the screen until its property Visible is set to True.
>
>/gustav
>
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>Emne: Re: [AccessD] DoCmd.OpenFrom acHidden is not hidden
>
> Gustav --
>
>Additionally: using Form's Timer event to make calculations and to call SetVisible() should help to solve your issue I suppose.
>
>Thank you.
>
>-- Shamil
>
>
>Пятница, 15 марта 2013, 13:18 +04:00 от Salakhetdinov Shamil < mcp2004 at mail.ru >:
>>Hi Gustav --
>>
>>If your calling/parent form doesn't have any special attributes set, 
>>IOW it's opened in a Normal form view, with no popup or modal modes 
>>'On' then I'd guess that your
>>
>>=SetVisible()
>>
>>call of the child form's hidden textbox somehow 'weirdly interacts' 
>>with acHidden argument of  the executing call
>>
>>  DoCmd.OpenForm "frmSomeForm", acNormal , , , , acHidden
>>
>>I mean =SetVisible() could be called *before* Form Open event, and while being called it forces its form to start to be rendered but here acHidden argument comes into play...
>>
>>I'd try to call SetVisible() in the form Open event
>>
>>Me.MySoFarInvisbleTextBox.Visible = SetVisible()
>>
>>Why do you use so unusual(?) way to make your form visible via an indirect call to the SetVisible() function?
>>
>>Thank you.
>>
>>-- Shamil
>>
>>Пятница, 15 марта 2013, 9:31 +01:00 от "Gustav Brock" <  gustav at cactus.dk >:
>>>Hi all
>>>
>>>From a form I try to open another form hidden by clicking a button:
>>>
>>>  DoCmd.OpenForm "frmSomeForm", acNormal , , , , acHidden
>>>
>>>Then the hidden form is supposed to do some calculations and, when 
>>>finished, unhide itself by means of a not visible textbox bound to a function:
>>>
>>>  =SetVisible()
>>>
>>>which contains:
>>>
>>>Private Function SetVisible() As Boolean
>>>    Me.Visible = True
>>>    SetVisible = True
>>>End Function
>>>
>>>The sequence works except for one thing - the form isn't opened hidden 
>>>because its frame is shown at once.
>>>Thus, the sequence is:
>>>
>>>1. Frame of hidden form is shown on top of the calling form. The form 
>>>itself is transparent so the calling form is still visible inside the frame.
>>>2. The "hidden" form performs the calculations.
>>>3. The "hidden" form paints its inside invisibly.
>>>4. SetVisible is called.
>>>5. The completed form is visible.
>>>
>>>I've also tried opening the hidden form with:
>>>
>>>  Set frm = New Form_frmSomeForm
>>>  frm. Visible = False
>>>
>>>No difference. Also having this in the OnOpen event of the form:
>>>
>>>  Me.Visible = False
>>>
>>>All to no avail.
>>>
>>>Any ideas for opening a form completely hidden?
>>>
>>>/gustav
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