KB141506 - How to Temporarily Hide a Dialog Box

Article ID: 141506

Article Last Modified on 10/11/2006

Microsoft Excel 95 Standard Edition
Microsoft Excel 5.0c
Microsoft Excel 5.0a for Macintosh

This article was previously published under Q141506

SUMMARY

The proper syntax to hide a dialog box is as follows:

   DialogSheets(1).Hide

However, if you use this method, the dialog box is not hidden until the macro is finished running. The "More Information" section of this article discusses how to temporarily hide a dialog box.

MORE INFORMATION

Microsoft provides programming examples for illustration only, without warranty either expressed or implied. This includes, but is not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. This article assumes that you are familiar with the programming language that is being demonstrated and with the tools that are used to create and to debug procedures. Microsoft support engineers can help explain the functionality of a particular procedure, but they will not modify these examples to provide added functionality or construct procedures to meet your specific requirements. If you are working with one dialog box and you need to temporarily hide it, you can use the following two macros:

     Sub Test1()
      DialogSheets(1).Show   ' Shows the first dialog sheet in workbook.
      Application.OnTime Now, "Test2"
   End Sub

   Sub Test2()
      MsgBox "The Dialog Box is now hidden"
      DialogSheets(1).Show
   End Sub

REFERENCES

For more information about Hiding Dialog Boxes, click Answer Wizard on the Help menu and type:

how do I hide a dialog box

For additional information and for examples on how to work with more than one Dialog box, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

111867 XL Err Msg: "Not Enough Stack Space to Run Macro"

Additional query words: 5.00a 5.00c XL

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