InitialVisible (Property)

The initial visibility of a control or window corresponds to the one defined in the editor ("Details" tab of object description). This option will be used when initializing the control or window.
The visibility of a control or window can be modified by ..Visible and ..State.

Versions 16 and later

This property is now available for Windows Phone applications.

New in version 16

This property is now available for Windows Phone applications.

Versions 15 and later

This property is now available for Android applications.

New in version 15

This property is now available for Android applications.

Versions 17 and later

This property is now available for iPhone/iPad applications.

New in version 17

This property is now available for iPhone/iPad applications.

Versions 18 and later

This property is now available in Windows Store apps mode.

This property is now available in Android Widget mode.

New in version 18

This property is now available in Windows Store apps mode.

This property is now available in Android Widget mode.

This property is now available in Windows Store apps mode.

This property is now available in Android Widget mode.

Versions 21 and later

This property is now available in Universal Windows 10 App mode.

New in version 21

This property is now available in Universal Windows 10 App mode.

Versions 23 and later

This property is now available for the PHP sites.

This property is now available in browser code.

This property is now available for WEBDEV sites in Linux and in Windows.

New in version 23

This property is now available for the PHP sites.

This property is now available in browser code.

This property is now available for WEBDEV sites in Linux and in Windows.

This property is now available for the PHP sites.

This property is now available in browser code.

This property is now available for WEBDEV sites in Linux and in Windows.

Example

// Restores the "EDT_Company" control to its initial visibility status
EDT_Company..Visible = EDT_Company..InitialVisible

Syntax

<Result> = <Object name>..InitialVisible

<Result>: Boolean

True if the specified object was visible during its first display,
False otherwise.

<Object name>: Character string (with or without quotes)

Name of the object (control or window) to use.
For a control associated with a tab, use the following notation:

<Tab name>.<Control name>

Remarks

Control attributes

..InitialVisible does not modify the other control attributes (selection without input, enabled or grayed).

Limits

..InitialVisible cannot be used on:

an option in a check box or radio button,
a row in a table, in a list box or in a combo box,
a table cell,
a window menu,
a group of controls,
an element in a TreeView control.

..InitialVisible only applies to the following elements:

Button control.
Static control.
Edit control.
Image control.
Check Box control.
Radio Button control.
List Box control.
Combo Box control.
TreeView control.
Tab control.
Window.
Table control.
Table column.
Supercontrol.

..InitialVisible only applies to the following elements:

Button control.
Static control.
Image control.
Window.