CloseButton Property

Specifies whether the Close button on a form is enabled. Read/write Boolean.

expression   Required. An expression that returns one of the objects in the Applies To list.

Setting

The CloseButton property uses the following settings.

Setting	Visual Basic	Description
Yes	True	(Default) The Close button is enabled.
No	False	The Close button is disabled and the Close command isn't available on the Control menu.

You can set the CloseButton property by using the form's property sheet, a macro, or Visual Basic.

You can set the CloseButton property only in form Design view.

Remarks

If you set the CloseButton property to No, the Close button remains visible but appears dimmed (grayed), and you must provide some other way to close the form — for example, a command button or custom menu command that runs a macro or event procedure that closes the form.

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