When I click on a button on my form it lanches a macro that imports a text file into a table. Upon the completion of that task it returns to the form. Is there a way to have a label start off being set to [u]not visible</u>, but then turn it on after a macro has completed?

When you are in design mode set the visible property to 'No' and name it something like 'lblMessage'. In your macro, when you need to show the label use the SetValue instruction:
Instruction name: SetValue
Item: [lblMessage].[Visible]
Value: True

If you are using VBA then it's: . You may need to prepend the name of the form if your code is in a module.

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Joe

Thanks for your help. It was exactly what I was looking for.