XL98: How to Temporarily Hide a UserForm (184986)

SUMMARY

If you use the Hide method to hide a custom dialog box in earlier versions of Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Excel does not hide the dialog box until the macro that contains the Hide method is finished running.

In Microsoft Excel 98, if you use the Hide method to hide a UserForm, the UserForm is hidden immediately. You can redisplay the UserForm by using the Show method in the macro (or in another macro). You can also use the Unload statement to hide a UserForm; however, any settings in the UserForm are lost. Note that you may want to use the Unload statement if you want to reset the UserForm.

This article explains how to create a UserForm and contains a sample Visual Basic for Applications macro that temporarily hides the UserForm (by using the Hide method and the Unload statement).

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Creating the UserForm

To create the UserForm, follow these steps:

Save and close any open workbooks, and then create a new workbook.
Start the Visual Basic Editor (press ALT+F11).
On the Insert menu, click UserForm.

This step inserts UserForm1 into the project.
Add a CommandButton control to the UserForm.

Change the properties of the CommandButton to the following.

      Property   Value
      --------------------

      Caption    Hide Form
      Name       cmdHide

Add another CommandButton control to the UserForm.

Change the properties of the CommandButton to the following.

      Property   Value
      ----------------------

      Caption    Unload Form
      Name       cmdUnload

Add a TextBox control to the UserForm.

Sample Macro for Hiding the UserForm

To use the macro, follow these steps:

Double-click the cmdHide button on UserForm1.

Type the following code for the cmdHide Click event:

Private Sub cmdHide_Click()
    UserForm1.Hide 
End Sub

Type the following code for cmdUnload Click event:

Private Sub cmdUnload_Click()
    Unload UserForm1
End Sub

On the Insert menu, click Module.

Type the following code into this module:

Sub Show_Form()

    UserForm1.Show   ' Display the UserForm.

    Do
        response = MsgBox("Do you want to redisplay the form?", _
            vbYesNo)

        If response = vbYes Then

              UserForm1.Show  ' Redisplay the UserForm.

        End If

        Loop Until response = vbNo  ' Do not redisplay the UserForm.

End Sub

Run the Show_Form macro.
Type text in the TextBox control.
Click Hide Form.
When you are prompted to redisplay the UserForm, click Yes.

The UserForm reappears, and the text in the TextBox is retained.
Click Unload Form.
When you are prompted to redisplay the UserForm, click Yes.

The UserForm reappears, but the text in the TextBox is NOT retained.
Click Unload Form.
When you are prompted to redisplay the UserForm, click No.

The UserForm is not redisplayed, and the macro ends.

For additional information about hiding dialog boxes in earlier versions of Microsoft Excel, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: