Using On Mouse Over OR Mouse Move to display a description

[meganrobertson22]

Hi-

I'd like to try to have text displayed when I move my mouse over a
command button.

For example: let's say I have a form with 3 different command buttons.
Each command button launches a different report.

For example:

cmd1: launches a report that retrieves a list of "All football teams."

cmd2: launches a report that retrieves all of "the football teams in
the AFL."

cmd3: launches a report that retrieves all of "the football teams in
the NFC."

What I'd like to be able to do is have a description appear when I run
my mouse over each command button. I know that this can be done using a
macro to display a message box using the MouseMove event on each
command button.

But...I'm wondering if you can have something similar to what Excel
does. That is, have a yellow (or any color) text box appear with text
in it whenever you move your mouse over a control.

For example:

When I move my mouse over the command button, cmd1, I'd like to display
a description saying, "This Report retrieves a list of all of the
Football teams in the NFL."

Thanks,

Megan

[Rick Brandt]

me**************@hotmail.com wrote:

Hi-

I'd like to try to have text displayed when I move my mouse over a
command button.

For example: let's say I have a form with 3 different command buttons.
Each command button launches a different report.

For example:

cmd1: launches a report that retrieves a list of "All football teams."

cmd2: launches a report that retrieves all of "the football teams in
the AFL."

cmd3: launches a report that retrieves all of "the football teams in
the NFC."

What I'd like to be able to do is have a description appear when I run
my mouse over each command button. I know that this can be done using
a macro to display a message box using the MouseMove event on each
command button.

But...I'm wondering if you can have something similar to what Excel
does. That is, have a yellow (or any color) text box appear with text
in it whenever you move your mouse over a control.

For example:

When I move my mouse over the command button, cmd1, I'd like to
display a description saying, "This Report retrieves a list of all of
the Football teams in the NFL."

Thanks,

Megan

Access form objects have a built-in ability for this. Just put the text you
want in the ControlTip property of the command button.

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[Salad]

Rick Brandt wrote:

me**************@hotmail.com wrote:

Hi-

I'd like to try to have text displayed when I move my mouse over a
command button.

For example: let's say I have a form with 3 different command buttons.
Each command button launches a different report.

For example:

cmd1: launches a report that retrieves a list of "All football teams."

cmd2: launches a report that retrieves all of "the football teams in
the AFL."

cmd3: launches a report that retrieves all of "the football teams in
the NFC."

What I'd like to be able to do is have a description appear when I run
my mouse over each command button. I know that this can be done using
a macro to display a message box using the MouseMove event on each
command button.

But...I'm wondering if you can have something similar to what Excel
does. That is, have a yellow (or any color) text box appear with text
in it whenever you move your mouse over a control.

For example:

When I move my mouse over the command button, cmd1, I'd like to
display a description saying, "This Report retrieves a list of all of
the Football teams in the NFL."

Thanks,

Megan

Access form objects have a built-in ability for this. Just put the text you
want in the ControlTip property of the command button.

Which may or may not work. Sometimes they work, oftentimes don't.