Note on Form column header

[benkingery]

I have created a form and the default view is Continuous Forms. I am using the Header portion of the form to put text boxes that act as column headers. Many of the column headers are abbreviated. For example, "BR" really means "Buyers Remorse", and then there are 14 more different codes.

I would like to add some sort of note so that when you hover your mouse over one of the column headers, you uncover a note that says what the actual value of the abbreviated column header is.

Any ideas?

 

[pbaldy]

Check out the Control Tip Text property of the text box.

 

[benkingery]

I looked into this. Wonder if I'm not using it correctly. It my control called "Label1" I put the text "Test text note" and when I put the form back to form view it then makes the control totally invisible.

The control is placed within the form header and it is a Label control, not a text box as I erroneously stated before.

Let me know if you have any ideas.

 

[pbaldy]

I can't think of any reason why adding text to the Control Tip Text property would make the label invisible. It still has a caption, right? Can you post the db?

 

[benkingery]

Got it. Somehow the captions all went away. Putting the captions back in worked it out.

Thanks pbaldy. You are always so wise and informed.

 

[pbaldy]

Happy to help!