>>Michelle,
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>>I'm surpised that you aren't getting other errors. When the Init of thetextbox runs the container doesn't exist yet. Move that code into the Init of the container.
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>I don't have a container... Unless you're meaning the class itself is a container? I just have a textbox and three command buttons. Should I put the code in the init of the class?
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>Thanks,
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Michelle,

The class IS a container, because it contains other objects. Yes, I am suggesting that teh container (Class) set the tooltips for the textbox in its Init.