Visible Property (Application Object)

Applies To

Application Object.

Description

You can use the Visible property of the Application object to specify or determine whether a Microsoft Access application is visible.

Setting

The Visible property uses the following settings.

Setting

Description

True (-1)

The application is visible.

False (0)

The application isn’t visible.


You can set the Visible property of the Application object only using Visual Basic.

Remarks

When an application is launched by the user, the Visible and UserControl properties of the Application object are both set to True. When the UserControl property is set to True, it is not possible to set the Visible property of the Application object to False.

When an Application object is created using OLE Automation, the Visible and UserControl properties of the Application object are both set to False.

Note When the Visible property of the Application object is set to False, the application is minimized but is not hidden from the user.

See Also

Application Object, UserControl Property, Visible Property.