I am using a series of buttons on a box in a worksheet to open various user
forms for my workbook database and I would like to know if there is a way to
show only the box and not the Excel application in the backround when I open
the file?

Application.Visible = False in the workbook open event will hide the
xl app including the worksheet with your buttons. The userform will
remain visible.

In the ThisWorkbook object:

Private Sub Workbook_Open()
Application.Visible = False
UserForm.Show
End Sub

You refer to a box. Is the "Box" a toolbar or a userform?

"Mekinnik" wrote:

I am using a series of buttons on a box in a worksheet to open various user
forms for my workbook database and I would like to know if there is a way to
show only the box and not the Excel application in the backround when I open
the file?