# Making a button invisible using it's instance in a variable

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-a-button-invisible-using-its-instance-in-a-variable/187714>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [May 1, 2006, 8:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-a-button-invisible-using-its-instance-in-a-variable/187714 "2006-05-01T20:18:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![tsunchoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@tsunchoo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tsunchoo)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2006, 8:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-a-button-invisible-using-its-instance-in-a-variable/187714/1 "2006-05-01T20:18:10Z")

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I am just trying to make a button disappear using a variable set to it’s instance name. When i say invisible i also mean deactivated.

The code i’ve got is this…

```auto
	[test]_visible = false;

```

but it doesn’t work - any offers?

Thanks

:to: