>If you hide the contained the contents are also hidden...EXCEPT

when the contained objects are not contained. Sitting on top of a container gives the appearance of being contained.

And - yes she is! A big `un!

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>This is not true for Activex objects. They will still show despite the container being hidden. You have to explictly hide each and every one of them.
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>Aint MS a bxtxh!
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>>>I have a container which has an OptionGroup in it. When I set the visible property of the container to .F. the optiongroup is still visible. I was under the impressing that the container controled all its objects.
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>>Just to follow on Davids comment - if the property window dialog shows the opg at the same tir as the container, the the opg is a form control.
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>>To fix, select and cut the option group, then select the container and right click it. On the pop-up select edit, then drop the cut opg "in" the container.