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Old December 12th, 2006, 08:01 PM posted to microsoft.public.access.forms
Nathan-bfhd
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Default ControlTip Text Does Not Display in 2003

I am trying to display a text message when someone mouse overs a control.
This should be easily accomplished by placing text in the control's
ControlTip property, but I cannot seem to get this to work. I have looked at
the other postings here and done a pretty thorough search through Google to
find a resolution. Usually the people posting are using 2003 and 1 person
inparticular mentioned that he upgraded from Office2000. I have upgraded
from OfficeXP. There seems to be 2 common suggestions...or maybe 1 and a
half:

1. bring the control to the front
2. if there is a rectangle around the area, delete it or...see answer 1

I have tried these things to no avail. Also, I understand that if the
control is bound to another then you must use the bound control's ControlTip
property. I have tried creating a new form with just a single unbound text
box on it and still cannot get the ControlTip to display. I have also tried
saving it and closing and reopening the form (as one posting suggested). No
luck.

At this point in all other postings that I've seen (and there are several -
this certainly is not an isolated incident), the poster is simply abandoned
by everyone and a resolution is never given.

If someone has an idea that may help me get this to work, please, please,
please share. I really don't want to have to write 40 different bits of code
in the MouseMove Event.

Also, if no one can resolve this issue, then this is obviously a bug in the
program and I'm guessing that someone in this online community has the
ability to report this bug to someone at Microsoft that may actually look
into it -- so maybe someone could help out there too.

Nathan

  #2  
Old December 13th, 2006, 02:43 AM posted to microsoft.public.access.forms
Stephen Lebans
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Posts: 619
Default ControlTip Text Does Not Display in 2003

Open your Control Panel
Display
Appearance Tab
Advanced Button

Try changing the Tooltip settings for Font and Color. See if that resolves
your issue.

--

HTH
Stephen Lebans
http://www.lebans.com
Access Code, Tips and Tricks
Please respond only to the newsgroups so everyone can benefit.


"Nathan-bfhd" wrote in message
...
I am trying to display a text message when someone mouse overs a control.
This should be easily accomplished by placing text in the control's
ControlTip property, but I cannot seem to get this to work. I have looked
at
the other postings here and done a pretty thorough search through Google
to
find a resolution. Usually the people posting are using 2003 and 1 person
inparticular mentioned that he upgraded from Office2000. I have upgraded
from OfficeXP. There seems to be 2 common suggestions...or maybe 1 and a
half:

1. bring the control to the front
2. if there is a rectangle around the area, delete it or...see answer 1

I have tried these things to no avail. Also, I understand that if the
control is bound to another then you must use the bound control's
ControlTip
property. I have tried creating a new form with just a single unbound
text
box on it and still cannot get the ControlTip to display. I have also
tried
saving it and closing and reopening the form (as one posting suggested).
No
luck.

At this point in all other postings that I've seen (and there are
several -
this certainly is not an isolated incident), the poster is simply
abandoned
by everyone and a resolution is never given.

If someone has an idea that may help me get this to work, please, please,
please share. I really don't want to have to write 40 different bits of
code
in the MouseMove Event.

Also, if no one can resolve this issue, then this is obviously a bug in
the
program and I'm guessing that someone in this online community has the
ability to report this bug to someone at Microsoft that may actually look
into it -- so maybe someone could help out there too.

Nathan



  #3  
Old December 13th, 2006, 09:18 PM posted to microsoft.public.access.forms
Nathan-bfhd
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Posts: 25
Default ControlTip Text Does Not Display in 2003

Stephen,

Thanks for your response. I have to admit, when I first read your
suggestion I was quite hopeful -- thinking that adjusting the settings may
just knock the loose screw in place, but I had no such luck. I adjusted both
the font and backrground colors several different times and also tried
creating another new form with just a single text box to see if i could get a
control tip to display -- but nothing. I also messed around with the font
size and font type. Each time I made any of the changes I've described, I
saw an immediate change in my windows environment -- the tool tips were what
I set them to be; red, blue, 9pt, 10pt, etc. It was definitely changing
things correctly, but there was still not even a hint of progress in Access
2003.

Any more ideas would be very welcomed.

At this point, I'm beginning to think microsoft messed up on the upgrade
version, or possibly an update or something that has basically eliminated the
control tip's functionality. I'm wondering if there isn't some registry
setting that is out of wack with Access 2003 --- if so, maybe it could be
fixed, I don't know. What I do know though is that there are a lot of people
on this site that know a lot more about these things than I do. I would most
definitely appreciate your help -- and so would all the other people that are
having the EXACT same problem I am having.

Nathan


"Stephen Lebans" wrote:

Open your Control Panel
Display
Appearance Tab
Advanced Button

Try changing the Tooltip settings for Font and Color. See if that resolves
your issue.

--

HTH
Stephen Lebans
http://www.lebans.com
Access Code, Tips and Tricks
Please respond only to the newsgroups so everyone can benefit.


"Nathan-bfhd" wrote in message
...
I am trying to display a text message when someone mouse overs a control.
This should be easily accomplished by placing text in the control's
ControlTip property, but I cannot seem to get this to work. I have looked
at
the other postings here and done a pretty thorough search through Google
to
find a resolution. Usually the people posting are using 2003 and 1 person
inparticular mentioned that he upgraded from Office2000. I have upgraded
from OfficeXP. There seems to be 2 common suggestions...or maybe 1 and a
half:

1. bring the control to the front
2. if there is a rectangle around the area, delete it or...see answer 1

I have tried these things to no avail. Also, I understand that if the
control is bound to another then you must use the bound control's
ControlTip
property. I have tried creating a new form with just a single unbound
text
box on it and still cannot get the ControlTip to display. I have also
tried
saving it and closing and reopening the form (as one posting suggested).
No
luck.

At this point in all other postings that I've seen (and there are
several -
this certainly is not an isolated incident), the poster is simply
abandoned
by everyone and a resolution is never given.

If someone has an idea that may help me get this to work, please, please,
please share. I really don't want to have to write 40 different bits of
code
in the MouseMove Event.

Also, if no one can resolve this issue, then this is obviously a bug in
the
program and I'm guessing that someone in this online community has the
ability to report this bug to someone at Microsoft that may actually look
into it -- so maybe someone could help out there too.

Nathan




  #4  
Old December 13th, 2006, 10:32 PM posted to microsoft.public.access.forms
Stephen Lebans
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Posts: 619
Default ControlTip Text Does Not Display in 2003

Just to eliminate a Display Driver error try changing your current Video
Card driver to one of the generic Window drivers.

It's not a bug in Access 2003 per se as it cannot be reproduced by myself or
others who have tried on several occasions to do so. I know that does not
help you at this point.
Could you point me to the other threads you have researched where the
posters are experiencing the exact same issue?

--

HTH
Stephen Lebans
http://www.lebans.com
Access Code, Tips and Tricks
Please respond only to the newsgroups so everyone can benefit.


"Nathan-bfhd" wrote in message
...
Stephen,

Thanks for your response. I have to admit, when I first read your
suggestion I was quite hopeful -- thinking that adjusting the settings may
just knock the loose screw in place, but I had no such luck. I adjusted
both
the font and backrground colors several different times and also tried
creating another new form with just a single text box to see if i could
get a
control tip to display -- but nothing. I also messed around with the font
size and font type. Each time I made any of the changes I've described, I
saw an immediate change in my windows environment -- the tool tips were
what
I set them to be; red, blue, 9pt, 10pt, etc. It was definitely changing
things correctly, but there was still not even a hint of progress in
Access
2003.

Any more ideas would be very welcomed.

At this point, I'm beginning to think microsoft messed up on the upgrade
version, or possibly an update or something that has basically eliminated
the
control tip's functionality. I'm wondering if there isn't some registry
setting that is out of wack with Access 2003 --- if so, maybe it could be
fixed, I don't know. What I do know though is that there are a lot of
people
on this site that know a lot more about these things than I do. I would
most
definitely appreciate your help -- and so would all the other people that
are
having the EXACT same problem I am having.

Nathan


"Stephen Lebans" wrote:

Open your Control Panel
Display
Appearance Tab
Advanced Button

Try changing the Tooltip settings for Font and Color. See if that
resolves
your issue.

--

HTH
Stephen Lebans
http://www.lebans.com
Access Code, Tips and Tricks
Please respond only to the newsgroups so everyone can benefit.


"Nathan-bfhd" wrote in message
...
I am trying to display a text message when someone mouse overs a
control.
This should be easily accomplished by placing text in the control's
ControlTip property, but I cannot seem to get this to work. I have
looked
at
the other postings here and done a pretty thorough search through
Google
to
find a resolution. Usually the people posting are using 2003 and 1
person
inparticular mentioned that he upgraded from Office2000. I have
upgraded
from OfficeXP. There seems to be 2 common suggestions...or maybe 1 and
a
half:

1. bring the control to the front
2. if there is a rectangle around the area, delete it or...see answer 1

I have tried these things to no avail. Also, I understand that if the
control is bound to another then you must use the bound control's
ControlTip
property. I have tried creating a new form with just a single unbound
text
box on it and still cannot get the ControlTip to display. I have also
tried
saving it and closing and reopening the form (as one posting
suggested).
No
luck.

At this point in all other postings that I've seen (and there are
several -
this certainly is not an isolated incident), the poster is simply
abandoned
by everyone and a resolution is never given.

If someone has an idea that may help me get this to work, please,
please,
please share. I really don't want to have to write 40 different bits
of
code
in the MouseMove Event.

Also, if no one can resolve this issue, then this is obviously a bug in
the
program and I'm guessing that someone in this online community has the
ability to report this bug to someone at Microsoft that may actually
look
into it -- so maybe someone could help out there too.

Nathan






  #5  
Old December 19th, 2006, 01:53 AM posted to microsoft.public.access.forms
Nathan-bfhd
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Posts: 25
Default ControlTip Text Does Not Display in 2003

I have not yet had the chance to play with the Display Drivers or dig through
the pages numerous forum pages I found before, but I do have this link off of
this site for you to look at:

http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...xp=&sloc=en-us

It's the one posted by Neil and then later on down the listing, Sneagle
mentions that he is looking for the answer to the same problem.

When I have more time I can play with the drivers and try to get you more of
the postings I saw. I didn't bother saving the listings because, as I had
mentioned earlier, it appeared to be obvious that once the user exhausted the
usual fixes for this problem they were just kind of dropped by everybody. It
had been at least 2 months since the latest post on any of the boards I saw.

Thanks for the responses - you've made it further than the rest

Nathan


"Stephen Lebans" wrote:

Just to eliminate a Display Driver error try changing your current Video
Card driver to one of the generic Window drivers.

It's not a bug in Access 2003 per se as it cannot be reproduced by myself or
others who have tried on several occasions to do so. I know that does not
help you at this point.
Could you point me to the other threads you have researched where the
posters are experiencing the exact same issue?

--

HTH
Stephen Lebans
http://www.lebans.com
Access Code, Tips and Tricks
Please respond only to the newsgroups so everyone can benefit.


"Nathan-bfhd" wrote in message
...
Stephen,

Thanks for your response. I have to admit, when I first read your
suggestion I was quite hopeful -- thinking that adjusting the settings may
just knock the loose screw in place, but I had no such luck. I adjusted
both
the font and backrground colors several different times and also tried
creating another new form with just a single text box to see if i could
get a
control tip to display -- but nothing. I also messed around with the font
size and font type. Each time I made any of the changes I've described, I
saw an immediate change in my windows environment -- the tool tips were
what
I set them to be; red, blue, 9pt, 10pt, etc. It was definitely changing
things correctly, but there was still not even a hint of progress in
Access
2003.

Any more ideas would be very welcomed.

At this point, I'm beginning to think microsoft messed up on the upgrade
version, or possibly an update or something that has basically eliminated
the
control tip's functionality. I'm wondering if there isn't some registry
setting that is out of wack with Access 2003 --- if so, maybe it could be
fixed, I don't know. What I do know though is that there are a lot of
people
on this site that know a lot more about these things than I do. I would
most
definitely appreciate your help -- and so would all the other people that
are
having the EXACT same problem I am having.

Nathan


"Stephen Lebans" wrote:

Open your Control Panel
Display
Appearance Tab
Advanced Button

Try changing the Tooltip settings for Font and Color. See if that
resolves
your issue.

--

HTH
Stephen Lebans
http://www.lebans.com
Access Code, Tips and Tricks
Please respond only to the newsgroups so everyone can benefit.


"Nathan-bfhd" wrote in message
...
I am trying to display a text message when someone mouse overs a
control.
This should be easily accomplished by placing text in the control's
ControlTip property, but I cannot seem to get this to work. I have
looked
at
the other postings here and done a pretty thorough search through
Google
to
find a resolution. Usually the people posting are using 2003 and 1
person
inparticular mentioned that he upgraded from Office2000. I have
upgraded
from OfficeXP. There seems to be 2 common suggestions...or maybe 1 and
a
half:

1. bring the control to the front
2. if there is a rectangle around the area, delete it or...see answer 1

I have tried these things to no avail. Also, I understand that if the
control is bound to another then you must use the bound control's
ControlTip
property. I have tried creating a new form with just a single unbound
text
box on it and still cannot get the ControlTip to display. I have also
tried
saving it and closing and reopening the form (as one posting
suggested).
No
luck.

At this point in all other postings that I've seen (and there are
several -
this certainly is not an isolated incident), the poster is simply
abandoned
by everyone and a resolution is never given.

If someone has an idea that may help me get this to work, please,
please,
please share. I really don't want to have to write 40 different bits
of
code
in the MouseMove Event.

Also, if no one can resolve this issue, then this is obviously a bug in
the
program and I'm guessing that someone in this online community has the
ability to report this bug to someone at Microsoft that may actually
look
into it -- so maybe someone could help out there too.

Nathan







 




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