hide/unhide :)

[pooffck]

Well i want to create a button where it hides bit of my program and when u click that buttton again it unhides it...

how do i do that?

[Ace]

Are you trying to hide your code from the IDE or not run the code while the program is running? Please explain more.

[jemidiah]

It depends a lot on a lot of specifics, but you hide/show a form with Form.Hide or Form.Show. You can hide all forms with

Dim frm As Form
For Each frm in Forms
    frm.Hide
Next

But, this'll hide all of your forms, so the user won't be able to give input to your program again (assuming a simple program here). You can keep from hiding the form that calls this "hide" routine with this:

Dim frm As Form
For Each frm In Forms
    If Not (frm Is Me) Then frm.Hide
Next frm

Using my magical skills of telepathy, it sounds like maybe you want this done using a task bar icon? If so these forums have a lot of info on doing that, accessible via a search.

[pooffck]

example

1


and when u click OPEN (as u cant see there



it opens up the sidebar with more info and u can hide that....

[westconn1]

change the width property of the form to suit

[dee-u]

There is also the visible property of the controls that you can set...

[jp26198926]

see my attachment

edit:

Private Sub cmdShow_Click()
If cmdShow.Caption = "S H O W" Then
     ' code  to show
     cmdShow.Caption = "H I D E"
Else
     ' code to hide
     cmdShow.Caption = "S H O W"
End If
End Sub

[pooffck]

see my attachment

edit:

Private Sub cmdShow_Click()
If cmdShow.Caption = "S H O W" Then
     ' code  to show
     cmdShow.Caption = "H I D E"
Else
     ' code to hide
     cmdShow.Caption = "S H O W"
End If
End Sub

You are da man :P