Definition of "invisible"

[MCantu]

I have a form opening up in the background. Its job is to check a value every 2 minutes and trigger a chain of events that will shut the database down if I want to make repairs.

I want the form to be invisible. I have changed it's properties to visible= "No"

I have never had a form invisible before. What is the expected result?

It's still there when I toggle.
The form looks blank (I had a text box on it, explaining what it was for- and this is gone when it's "invisible"

Should any hint of the form still be there?
How invisible is "invisible"?

I am expecting no hint of the form to be there. Am I expecting too much?

Or am I doing somethng wrong?

 

[KenHigg]

I would consider putting this code in a function and use it from the all the primary forms. I'm not sure the timer stuff works correctly if the form does not have focus. And would you really want to zonk out in the middle of some important process?

Ken

 

[adevera]

If you have a main form that is always open (even minimize), you can put a timer on it to open the form. Dont make the form (timer) in invisible mode. All you have to do is create a function that will set the form open once the designated time is meet.

 

[MCantu]

Yea- I ended up doing that.

for future reference- is it really "invisible" or just out of the way?

 

[ghudson]

I open my forms as "hidden" when I want a form sitting in the background with a timer event running. It never fails.

DoCmd.OpenForm "YourFormNameHere", acNormal, , , acFormReadOnly, acHidden

 

[MCantu]

thanks!

So, I guess it's just out of the way, and not completely invisible.

Thanks~