Couple of ways, but both flash the form unfortunately.

1) If the conditions is met in Initialize, set a variable. Test the
variable in Activate event, and if set, unload the form

2) Good old Ontime. If the condition is met set a timed procedure

Application.OnTime Now + TimeSerial(0, 0, 1), "UnloadForm"

And in a standard code module, create a procedure called UnloadForm that
unloads the form.

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HTH

RP
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"Don Wiss" wrote in message
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I have a situation where the user form Initialize routine can fail to
retrieve data from Access (which is used to populate a combo box). I now
display a msgbox, but I then have to display the form, which of course is
non-functional. I tried using Unload Me, but it didn't work. Presumably
as the form wasn't yet loaded. I would think there must be a way to abort
an initialization and not display the form.

Don <www.donwiss.com (e-mail link at home page bottom).