WD2000: Visible Property to Hide a Document Is Not Hidden from Window List (220392)

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To demonstrate the problem, the following Visual Basic macro creates a new invisible document:

Sub Test()
   Application.Documents.Add
   ActiveDocument.ActiveWindow.Visible = False
End Sub
				

When you view the Windows List on the Window menu, the new invisible document appears as a selectable item with the symptoms listed at the beginning of this article.

To avoid this situation, Visual Basic for Applications developers should use the Visible property with due precautions and never leave an invisible document around after a code block is done processing with it. The invisible document created in the code block above can be closed without any prompt to save changes with the additional line of code in the example below:

Sub Test()
   Application.Documents.Add
   ActiveDocument.ActiveWindow.Visible = False
   .
   .
   .
   ' Close the hidden document without save changes.
   ActiveDocument.ActiveWindow.Close SaveChanges:=wdDoNotSaveChange 
End Sub