Hiding Forms

[autex]

How do I make a form hidden all the time? I've been playing with me.visible=false. If I attatch this to a command button, I'm good to go. If I attach this to form_open, form_load, form_current. I can still see the form. I wan't a "background form" that has an ontimer event that is always running.

Thanks.

 

[JaredTaylor74]

i have the same thing...

on my form that opens first i have this on the load section

Private Sub Form_Load()
    DoCmd.OpenForm "frmDatabaseIdleTime", acNormal, , , , acHidden
End Sub

hope that helps.

Jared

 

[TheAceMan1]

or:

In [blue]form design view[/blue], set the [blue]Visible Property[/blue] to [purple]No[/purple], and open normally.

See Ya! . . . . . .

 

[nice95gle]

AceMan,

I never knew there was a visible property for a form you can set in the design view. All these years I used to set it via VBA. Which tab is it under because I can't find it?

right now I am using 2000 my newer versions are at home.

Thanks

 

[TheAceMan1]

nice95gle . . . . .

Your right! . . . . I was thinking of something else . . . sorry about that!

See Ya! . . . . . .

 

[sard0nicpan]

nice95gle,

View the code for your form, look in the "Properties Window" of Visual Basic, set your tab to alphabetic, and set "visible" to false.

In design, there is a visible property under format for the "Detail" section, but I don't see one for "Form" properties either.

On the other hand I usually use something like
DoCmd.OpenForm "frmMyForm", , , , , acHidden on "Load" for my form.

Now that I think about it, I usually open a hidden form on "Open" from my main form (which is visible). That should do the trick.

Hope it helps,

Tony

 

[autex]

It all helps and it's working great, thanks.