Object Inquiry Built-in Function

Return the current visibility of an object.

visibility of OBJECT_NAME

OBJECT_NAME

The identifier for an object.

Description

This function returns a boolean value (true or false) associated with the visibility of the specified object. If the object is visible, the value true is returned; if it is invisible, the value false is returned.

The visibility of function does not return false if a child is invisible because its parent was made invisible.

Example

response to GoButton_PB

 if (visibility of PleaseWait_GR) then

         action MustWait

 else

         action GoAhead

 end if

See Also

make invisible and make visible Action Statement

visible and invisible Attribute Definitions