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Delphi hiding a form: Is there a difference between Form.Hide and Form.Visible:=False?

I'm looking through two copies of code and in one I have myForm.Hide and another I have myForm.Visible := False. I can't remember why I changed this, if one was a bug fix or whether there is any difference at all.

Solution

  • There is no difference for Hide. The VCL code is:

    procedure TCustomForm.Hide;
begin
  Visible := False;
end;

    But Show is a bit different:

    procedure TCustomForm.Show;
begin
  Visible := True;
  BringToFront;
end;