Image replacement effect

[biggie]

Hi all,

Im having a slight problem with a section of my VBA project.

This may be a little confusing but ill try explain as simple as possible..

I have a form that contains two images(In image holders) and a 'switch button'.
When the switch button is pressed the images switch between each other creating a minimized/maximized effect.

When one image is 'minimized' all the textboxes,buttons etc.. on the form become invisible. and the objects on the now 'maximized' form are visible and vica versa.


The problem is that i want the information (textbox info, comboxes) to be displayed the same in the window before it was minimized.

So i want the 'maximized' form to remember the information and show that exact same information when it is maximized again.

I know this is pretty hard to understand but i had to do it this way as VBA cannot use the standard window minimize feature of MDI controls.

the code i am using to switch the images creating the minimized/maximze effect is:

Private Sub Image1_MouseDown(ByVal Button As Integer, ByVal Shift As Integer, ByVal X As Single, ByVal Y As Single)
If (imageholder2.Visible = True) Then
     imageholder1.Visible = True
     imageholder2.Visible = False
     
   
Else
     imageholder1.Visible = True
     imageholder2.Visible = True
     Call hideAll
End If
End Sub

And hideAll code:

Private Sub hideAll()
    txtHelp.Visible = False
    btnFind.Visible = False
    cmbhelpLevel.Visible = False
    cmbHelp.Visible = False
    cmbLA.Visible = False
    cmbType.Visible = False
    cmbLvl.Visible = False
    cmbLOType.Visible = False
    cmbLOCog.Visible = False
    cmbLOAff.Visible = False
    cmbLOPsy.Visible = False
End Sub

Thanks for any help with this!

[westconn1]

you can toggle the visible property of each control by using like

cmbLOPsy.Visible= Not cmbLOPsy.Visible

the contros should retain there values so when they are displayed again, they will still be the same as before,
if the image is displayed on top of the other controls are they hidden anyway?