Naomi --

I'm not sure why you didn't complain as well about the interface in your reference.

Doesn't it always uses .ActivateCell, making the record under the mouse the current row? It also doesn't seem to try to put it back to where it was.

Finally, it's called repeatedly for each MouseMove -- which may be significant if you're doing something other that setting ToolTipText.

Jim


>>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.