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>>>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...
>
>This sounds intriguing. What exactly is an ActiveX statusbar and where can I find it (a native ActiveX control?). I'm also not sure what you mean by 'set the simpletext property in every gotfocus'. Can you explain?
>
>Thanks.
Hi Sylvia,
Add an OLE Container object to a form and look scroll within the dialog for MS StatusBar Control. It comes with the Common Controls the ship with VFP. The SimpleText property is the text that appears in the status bar.
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