Placing hidden controls

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Gary Schuldt

If you have a form with no spare "real estate" on it and you want to add
some hidden controls, where do you put them in the design window?

Up to now, I've squnched them in in nooks and crannies, but I'm sure there's
a more elegant approach!

Gary
 
On the menu bar, click "Format". Toward the bottom are two entries:
1. "Bring to Front"
2. "Send to Back"

For the controls that will be visible to the user, set the control as "Send
to Back".
For the controls that will be hidden:
1. Set Visible = False
2. Set the background color to "Yellow" (good practice to show that this
field is hidden)
3. Set the control to "Bring to Front"

This will allow you to stack one control on another.

HTH

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