>Naomi --
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>Actually, you've identified the one failure in this technique. It only works if the focus is on the grid. If not, then it tries to use ActivateCell. I agree, not the best user interface.
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>However, I have found it vary valuable. I use this technique throughout my applications. I regularly have pop-ups aligned with cells in a grid, frequently with displays obtained from reading from other tables. In fact, my users expect (sometimes demand) it, as this allows for display of detail behind a cell without moving to a separate form.
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>BTW, this entire concept was not my idea -- it came from a FoxTalk article some time ago and was called something like "DynToolTip". So, it came from a better mind than mine.
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Interesting. BTW, take a look at http://tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=1362055 I later switched to a different approach as I said.