That works fine for me in Excel-97. Going into design mode might make it
visible until exiting

Regards,
Peter T

"CAPTGNVR" wrote in message
...

Dear All
The following code does not give any errors but the command button named
as
'alfa' continues to be visible in excel-97; command button from control
toolbox.

Activesheet.alfa.Visible = False

Pls advice.

brgds/captgnvr