Visible Property (ActiveX)

Specifies the visibility of an object or the application.

Supported platforms: Windows only

Signature

VBA:

object.Visible

object

Type: All drawing objects, Application, AttributeReference, Group, Toolbar

The objects this property applies to

Property Value

Read-only: No (except for a Group object which is write-only)

Type: Boolean

• True: The object or application is visible.
• False: The object or application is not visible.

Remarks

If you specify an object to be invisible, it will be invisible regardless of the application visible setting. Other factors can also cause an object to be invisible; for example, an object will not be displayed if its layer is off or frozen.

Specifying the application to be invisible allows you to run tasks in the background without having to see the component.

Examples

VBA:

Sub Example_Visible()
    ' This example creates a line in model space.
    ' It then turns visibility of the line on or off, depending
    ' on the user's choice.
    
    Dim lineObj As AcadLine
    Dim startPoint(0 To 2) As Double
    Dim endPoint(0 To 2) As Double
    ' Create the line
    startPoint(0) = 2#: startPoint(1) = 2#: startPoint(2) = 0#
    endPoint(0) = 4#: endPoint(1) = 4#: endPoint(2) = 0#
    Set lineObj = ThisDrawing.ModelSpace.AddLine(startPoint, endPoint)
    ZoomAll
    
    Dim response As Integer
    response = MsgBox("Do you want the new line to be visible?", vbYesNoCancel + vbQuestion)
    Select Case response
    Case vbYes
        lineObj.Visible = True
    Case vbNo
        lineObj.Visible = False
    Case vbCancel
        Exit Sub
    End Select
    
    ThisDrawing.Regen True
End Sub

Visual LISP:

(vl-load-com)
(defun c:Example_Visible()
    ;; This example creates a line in model space.
    ;; It then turns visibility of the line on or off, depending
    ;; on the user's choice.
    (setq acadObj (vlax-get-acad-object))
    (setq doc (vla-get-ActiveDocument acadObj))

    ;; Create the line
    (setq startPoint (vlax-3d-point 2 2 0)
          endPoint (vlax-3d-point 4 4 0))
  
    (setq modelSpace (vla-get-ModelSpace doc))
    (setq lineObj (vla-AddLine modelSpace startPoint endPoint))
    (vla-ZoomAll acadObj)

    (setq kwordList "Yes No")
    (vla-InitializeUserInput (vla-get-Utility doc) 1 kwordList)
    (setq response (vla-GetKeyword (vla-get-Utility doc) "Do you want the new line to be visible? [Yes/No]: "))

    (cond
        ((= response "Yes") (vla-put-Visible lineObj :vlax-true))
        ((= response "No") (vla-put-Visible lineObj :vlax-false))
    )
    
    (vla-Regen doc :vlax-true)
)