# How do you mask a button until another event occurs?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-you-mask-a-button-until-another-event-occurs/213570>\
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**Created:** [January 21, 2007, 12:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-you-mask-a-button-until-another-event-occurs/213570 "2007-01-21T00:19:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![murrayc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7993a0/32.png) [@murrayc](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/murrayc)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 12:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-you-mask-a-button-until-another-event-occurs/213570/1 "2007-01-21T00:19:11Z")

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i have buttons that i dont want enabled until another event happens…how?