>>I have a container with many grids, all grids have different work.
>>i want to close any active object with container.
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>>i do not want like this.
>>thisform.container7.Visible=.f.
>>thisform.container7.grid2.Visible=.f.
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>Wait... if you make container visible, than any object in it should also become invisible. So second line is unnecessary.
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>If you want to show/hide many objects at the same time, just put them inside the same container and don't worry - you only show and hide containers, and their members show and hide with them.

If you make container visible, then not necessarily all objects will become visible. The opposite is true - if the container is invisible, then all objects inside it would not be visible regardless of the status.