ControlTipText

[Johny]

Hi,

I am making a simple searchform for my moviecollection, I thought by selecting an item in the resultlistbox, I'd show all the relevant info of the selected movie in the ControlTipText property of the listbox. But ms access tells me my value is too long. Isn't there a simple alternative?

Thanx in advance,

John

 

[Laurentech]

How about if when the user clicks on an item in your resultslist box you pop up a small form with the info...

Larry

 

[ghudson]

ControlTipText property is limited to 255 characters.
The caption property of a Label is limited to 2,048 characters.

You would have found that info if you had simply clicked your mouse pointer into the object property of your choice and then pressed the F1 key.

I suggest that you display a label and update the labels caption based on what has the focus. My "funwithbuttons.zip" sample in the Mouse over actions thread will give you an idea of what I am talking about.