If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
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
|
|||
|
|||
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
|
|||
|
|||
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
|
|||
|
|||
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 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
|
|||
|
|||
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 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 |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|