How to show a small message when over an object 1

[VictorFRodriguez]

I want to know how is to indicate to the user the purpose of every object when over in it.
Victor F. Rodriguez

 

[edrest]

Hi..

You might use the tooltip property.. make sure that the forms tooltip property is set to true.

You might use the mousemove event or the statusbar property but (I think anyway) that only works when the object has the focus.



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[StewartUK]

The ToolTipText property is what you want to use alright. I
have found that it is only activated when the form the object is on is active.

You could also try using the MouseEnter & MouseLeave properties. I think they were introduced in VFP7.

Stewart

 

[Mike Lewis]

Victor,

Just to clarify:

- Set the control's TooltipText property to the text that you want to show.

- Set the form's ShowTips property to .T.

Mike


Mike Lewis
Edinburgh, Scotland

http://www.ml-consult.demon.co.uk

 

[MarciaAkins]

Hello Victor.

If you are trying to give your users guidance, you might want to consider adding the activeX toolbar to you base form class and add a little code to your base class controls to display their tool tip text on the status bar. Then all you need to do is to traint he users to look at the bottom of the form for any guidance and usage tips.

To display the helpful text, you would just need code like this in the gotFocus of your data entry controls:

Thisform.oStatusBar.Panels( 'status' ).Text = This.ToolTipText



Marcia G. Akins

http://www.TightlineComputers.com

 

[ChrisRChamberlain]

VictorFRodriguez

See also :-

faq184-3121 How can I create ToolTipText with multiple lines?

faq184-3064 How can I add ToolTipText to grid columns and headers?

faq184-3155 How can I create my own statusbar?

FAQ184-2483 - the answer to getting answered.​

Chris

http://www.pdfcommander.co.uk