Show or hide a control

Microsoft Office Access 2003

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  • Open a form, report, or data access page in Design view.
  • Select the control you want to show or hide, and then click Properties Button image on the Form Design, Report Design or Page Design toolbar to open its property sheet.
  • Do one of the following:

    To show or hide a control in a form or report

    • In the Visible property box, click Yes or No.

    To show or hide a control in a data access page

    • In the Visibility property box, click Visible or Hidden. If you want the control to inherit the Visibility property of the section where it is located, click Inherit.
    • If the control has an associated label, you must set the label's Visibility property separately.

    • Note  To specify whether a column is visible in Datasheet view of a form, use the ColumnHidden property.

    ShowTips

    • On forms and reports, to hide or unhide a control in response to an event, you can use a macro or event procedure to set the Visible property. Attach the macro or event procedure to the OnCurrent property of a form or the OnFormat property of a report. For example, you can show or hide a congratulatory message next to a salesperson's monthly sales total in a sales report, depending on the sales total.
    • To hide a section or control on a form only when you are printing, use the DisplayWhen property.
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