Usercontrol Visible property alwasys returns false (VB 6 SP5)

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Has anyone else experienced this:

I am using a usercontrol on a form in VB. The usercontrol (name ctlSheet1) has it’s visible property set to TRUE:

me.ctlSheet1.visible = true

However, directly after I do this, although the usercontrol is displayed, FALSE is returned from the usercontrol.

Has anyone an explanation / solution.

Cheers

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I wonder if this happens if the .xls is read only or the project is locked with a password
making it read only. Only thing I can think of.

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This has nothing to do with MS Excel. I am using VB6. The usercontrol is named ctlSheet1 (which you may have mistaken for something from Excel?).

There is not password and no read-only files.

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What is a usercontrol? There are all sorts of control in VB and dozens you can add. I’ve never run across one called simply “usercontrol”.

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In your VB project explorer, right click the project and choose add –> user control.

Select ‘User Contro’ and click OK, a new user control is added to your project.

This may also be referred to as another name?

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Ah, I see. You’re creating an activex control, right? I never do that, so I had forgotten about the usercontrol object. Are you testing the visibility of a control *on* the usercontrol or the usercontrol itself?

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Yeah, except it isn’t a stand alone ocx, or dll or anything, rather it is just part of the VB project as a User Control object.

I am testing the Usercontrol / ActiveX control’s visible property (ie. not a constituent control on the Usercontrol).

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The Visible property of a User Control should work fine. I’ve attached a zipped simple project that uses the Visible property. Just unzip, double click the Group1.vbg, and press the Start button. HTH –Sam

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