>>The cMemoField property is used to identify the memo field whose contents will be used to fill the ToolTipText property. Therefore, the TYPE test is intended to verify that the field is of type memo. Everything evaluates correctly when I step thru the code in the debugger, but after the assignment to the ToolTipText property, the property remains empty.
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>>>Ed gave you the answer. I just want to add that the following line:
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>>>>IF !EMPTY(This.cMemoField) AND TYPE(This.cMemoField) = "M"
>>>
>>>should be
>>>
>>>IF TYPE(This.cMemoField) = "M" and !EMPTY(This.cMemoField)
>>>
>>>Vlad
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>The tooltip text stay with the first text it receive.
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>You must reassign it each time the record pointer is moved!
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>:0)

Or, as I already said in this thread, put it in the MouseMove event.

Vlad