I f your form is named MyForm, then:

Load MyForm

will load your form into memory.

MyForm.Show

loads your form into memory (if it hasn't been already) and displays it
also.

MyForm.Hide

hides your form but keeps it in memory.

Unload MyForm

hides your form (if it's being displayed) and also unloads it from memory.

HTH.

-gk-



"Gary Phillips" wrote in message
...
Okay, here's a stupid question. How do I load the form now? I tried to
just Label1.Show but it didn't work.

"Bob Phillips" wrote:

Try again.

Try this approach,

Create a userform with the 'splash' details
Instead of running the macro, load the form and have the form run the
macro
in it's Activate event.
When the macro completes, unload the form programmatically.

Something like

Private Sub UserForm_Activate()
myMacro
Unload Me
End Sub


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HTH

Bob Phillips
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(remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)

"Gary Phillips" wrote in
message
...
Okay, I've been tasked with putting a "loading splash screen" on the
screen while a macro works in the background (this macro could take
30-45
seconds). So I created a simple dialog box and have it show itself while
the
macro is loading. Once it finishes I have it hide itself but it doesn't
work. (Box1.Hide) Instead, the user has to click the x button to close
the
dialog box.

How can I make the dialog box close itself?