>>>I would love to put help balloons on my forms. The ones in the shape of cartoon balloons with rounded corners and a pointer to the object in question. I have seen them in other programs and was wondering if anyone knew of one that could be used in VFP or could tell me how to make one that could be created as user defined class.
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>>See Microsoft agents Thread #1117654
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>>http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa163978(office.10).aspx
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>>and FoxSpeaker File #9794
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>Naomi,
>thanks for the reply. I think I must have worded my question badly. I am not looking for animation, I am looking for something like an edit box but with rounded corners and a pointer if possible.

Ok, check Multiline/Fancy ToolTip Control File #9301