How to hide VB.Net form instead of closing it

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Sometimes in a program you may want a form to appear like it closes but still be there for you to access it programmatically. If you want the user to be able to click the close button and have it appear like it closes but actually hide it you can use the FormClosing event. There is a little extra coding that needs done to be sure the form does close if the entire program is closing or windows is shutting down.

  Private Sub frmNotary_FormClosing(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.FormClosingEventArgs) Handles Me.FormClosing
    If e.CloseReason <> CloseReason.FormOwnerClosing Then
      Me.Hide()
      e.Cancel = True
    End If
  End Sub

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