>Hilmar
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>I have found an easier way to do what I want - have a read only text box obove the grid and put the contents of the cell there when I mouse click - does just what I want
This is less intrusive than a ToolTipText, and it might be better. Of course, you still have the problem of refreshing it for each TextBox, similar to the ToolTipText case. Also, I think your idea is simpler to implement than the ToolTipText approach.
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