>>>>>>>When I put my cursor over the button, the ToolTipText is not showing up? It works on my toolbar, but not
>>>>>>>on my form. help..
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Form.ShowTips=.T.
>>>>>
>>>>>thanks Edward... that works great!!.. I notice on the FORM the tooltiptext
>>>>>times out. I do not want it to timeout...Is there another setting?
>>>>>thanks again...
>>>>
>>>>I have never seen ToolTip timeouted. May be you just moved the mouse? BTW, you can always move mouse over the control using MOUSE command.
>>>
>>>It does time out on the FORM and on the toolbar..thanks
>>
>>standard windows operating -- teach your users to read faster
>
>thanks Dave.. I would like to ask you another question..
>at load time,my main window is half size and grows to fullsize because
>I set window.state = 2. Can I have my main window start out as a full size window?

follow michel's instructions. we've convinced our users that seeing the window being maximized is a good thing -- the program is almost ready for their use. pt barnum was right...