Visible (Property)

This modification is available for the "Automatic" or "Dynamic" controls only ("Details" tab of control description). Furthermore, the control must be actually displayed in the page.

This modification is available for the "Automatic" or "Dynamic" controls only ("GUI" tab of control description). Furthermore, the control must be actually displayed in the page.

This property applies to the:

controls and groups of controls found in a window, in a page or in a report.
report blocks,
menu options.

Notes:

In the window editor and in the page editor, the control visibility is defined in the "GUI" tab of control description.
In the report editor, the control visibility is defined in the "Details" tab of control description.
Versions 15 and later
..Visible is available for the table rows.
New in version 15
..Visible is available for the table rows.
..Visible is available for the table rows.

Versions 16 and later

This property is now available for the Windows Phone applications.

New in version 16

This property is now available for the Windows Phone applications.

Versions 15 and later

This property is now available for the Android applications.

New in version 15

This property is now available for the Android applications.

Versions 17 and later

This property is now available for the iPhone/iPad applications.

New in version 17

This property is now available for the iPhone/iPad applications.

Versions 18 and later

This property is now available in Windows Store Apps mode.

This property is now available for the report elements in the iPhone/iPad applications.

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 for the report elements in the iPhone/iPad applications.

This property is now available in Android Widget mode.

This property is now available in Windows Store Apps mode.

This property is now available for the report elements in the iPhone/iPad applications.

This property is now available in Android Widget mode.

Versions 21 and later

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

This property is now available in Apple Watch mode.

New in version 21

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

This property is now available in Apple Watch mode.

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

This property is now available in Apple Watch mode.

Example

// Make the "EDT_Company" control visible if it is invisible
IF EDT_Company..Visible = False THEN
EDT_Company..Visible = True
END

Syntax

Finding out whether an element is visible Hide the details

<Result> = <Element Name>..Visible

<Result>: Boolean

True if the specified element is visible,
False otherwise.

<Element Name>: Character string (with or without quotes)

Name of element to use.

Making a control or a report block visible/invisible Hide the details

<Element Name>..Visible = <Visible/Invisible>

<Element Name>: Character string (with or without quotes)

Name of element to use.

<Visible/Invisible>: Boolean

True if the specified element must be visible,
False if the specified element must be invisible.

Remarks

Control attributes

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

Group of controls

If the specified object is a group of controls, the visibility status of all controls belonging to the group is modified.

Operating mode of shortcuts according to the control status

The shortcuts of an invisible control cannot be used. For example, an invisible button does not operate when using the shortcuts.

Controls on tabs

..Visible will return False if a control found on a tab pane is visible but if this pane is not displayed.

Rows in a Table control

A row found in a Table control can be made visible or invisible. For example:

// Makes the second table row invisible
TABLE_Table[2]..Visible = False

If the Table control is using bars with alternated colors, the alternation of colors will be respected.

Note: If ..Visible is used on a table cell, all cells found in the corresponding column will be made invisible.

Versions 21 and later

Action Bar

..Visible can be used to make an Action Bar control invisible.

In this case, an animation is automatically performed when the Action Bar disappear.

New in version 21

Action Bar

..Visible can be used to make an Action Bar control invisible.

In this case, an animation is automatically performed when the Action Bar disappear.

Action Bar

..Visible can be used to make an Action Bar control invisible.

In this case, an animation is automatically performed when the Action Bar disappear.

Columns in a Table control

..Visible can be used to make the columns found in a Table control invisible.

However, ..Visible must not be used in a code in Ajax mode to modify a column found in a non-Ajax Table control: in this case, only the columns will be invisible, the titles of columns will not be invisible.

Limits

..Visible does not apply to the reports.

..Visible cannot be used on:

a row in a list box or in a combo box,
a window menu
an element in a TreeView control.

If ..Visible is used on a table cell, all cells found in the corresponding column will be made invisible.

..Visible cannot be used on:

a row in a list box or in a combo box,
a menu or a menu option,
an HTML table,
a control found in a looper.

..Visible 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.

..Visible only applies to the following elements:

Button control.
Static control.
Image control.
Window.

..Visible does not apply to the windows.