>Anyone out there using ole controls? Like threed SSComand or the 3D panel. I am and I'm very happy so far. I would just like to add a tool tip to some command buttons. I tried putting transparent shapes over/under the control. I've tried invisible buttons on top. All to no avail. Any one have any good solutions perhaps an alternate methode. TIA.

I usually put OLE control inside transparent shape and use ToolTipText property of this shape. It always worked but remember that shape should be outside/around OLE, VFP doesn't recognize standard objects overlapped by OLE.