>A form does have a ShowTips property, which is False by default. If you set
>it to .T., then tips _will_ show up, but only when you move the mouse over the
>field. Not when you tab into the field. You could show the tooltip in WAIT
>NOWAIT window in the control's gotFocus event.

Or even better, you could drop an ActiveX StatusBar control on the form, set
the style to Simple, and then set the SimpleText property in every GotFocus...