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 minimized.

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 by using Visual Basic. You can set the default for this property by using a control's default control style or the DefaultControl method in 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 isn't possible to set the Visible property of the object to False.

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

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

See Also Application object, UserControl property, Visible property.