Bill is correct. A control set invisible by:
 wd'set s0 show 0' 
where s0 is the control name. The control disappears, but other controls
move into the space 

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From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of bill lam
Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2014 19:54
To: Programming forum
Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] wd commands to destroy a control

I think that if a control is set invisible then it will not take part in
update layout geometry thus occupies no screen real estate. (untested).
On Sep 17, 2014 8:46 AM, "chris burke" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Two possibilities:
>
> 1. get the position of the old form, put up new form and move it to 
> that position, then close the old form. This is seen as a simple 
> change to the original form.
>
> 2. use tabs and switch to another tab panel. The tab itself can be hidden.
>
> On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 9:28 AM, 'Pascal Jasmin' via Programming < 
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
> > in Jqt, is there a way to either destroy a control by id, or clear 
> > the whole form and add all controls again? (I guess the latter can 
> > be done by destroying the form and recreating it)  maybe one of the 
> > grids can host
> and
> > delete controls?
> >
> > Some example uses would be:  Options that turn off some features.  
> > Or say radio buttons that get created/changed based on other 
> > selections/data highlighted.
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