XL: How to Temporarily Hide a Dialog Box

ID: Q141506

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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

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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: 

   ARTICLE-ID: Q111867
   TITLE     : XL Err Msg: "Not Enough Stack Space to Run Macro"
Additional query words: 5.00 5.00a 5.00c 7.00 
Keywords          : kbcode kbprg PgmHowto 
Version           : WINDOWS: 5.0, 5.0c, 7.0; MACINTOSH: 5.0, 5.0a
Platform          : MACINTOSH WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbhowto

Last Reviewed: May 17, 1999