Question

Ok so maybe I didn’t ask my previous question correctly – it was about hiding a textbox when the checkbox was not acitve… Sorry for the ‘misformulating’ of the question.

I would like to hide the text in the soecific textbox (and the textbox) when the checkbox is not active and not just the textbox.

Answer 1

Here are a few ideas that you can work into my answer to your previous question:

TextBox1.ForeColor = RGB(255, 255, 255) ' "hide" the text by making it white
TextBox1.ForeColor = RGB(0, 0, 0) ' "unhide" the text by making it black

TextBox1.Text = "" ' remove the text entirely

TextBox1.SpecialEffect = fmSpecialEffectFlat ' "hide" the empty textbox 
' by making it blend in with the page background

If you want different answers, then you will have to clarify your question.

EDIT You are looking for something that does not exist. You want to “make the ‘content’ of the textbox ‘hidden text’ so that it’s not visible (and therefore will not print)“. There is no such thing as “hidden text”, but in the code above and in my answer to your previous question, you got a couple of ideas for good workarounds that do what you want: whitening or removing the text, and removing special effects on the textbox. These things will make the textbox (and/or the text it contains) not visible such that it does not print. I have tested this.

Need proof? I’ve printed to a to PDF just to show you. Below are snapshots of the results.
I’m not sure what more you expect!

Uncheck the checkbox and the textbox becomes invisible: