Control Tip Text - multiple lines? 4

[MrPeds]

Hi,

I am writing a database in Access 2000.

Is it possible to have Control Tip text over multiple lines? If so how?

So instead of having:

"This is a long string of text..."

I have:

"This is a "
"long string of "
"text...."

Thanks,

MrPEds

 

[humbleprogrammer]

What I usually do is create a mini form with no toolbars and type the tip on the form. I then program the element that I want the tip associated with to pop up the mini form on the MouseMove event. This way I can control the text style, font color and layout of my tips. Below is some sample code for the elements MouseMove event:

Private Sub ViewTip1_MouseMove(Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, X As Single, y As Single)
On Error GoTo ViewTip1_MouseMove_Err

DoCmd.OpenForm "frmTip1"

Exit_ViewTip1_MouseMove:
Exit Sub

ViewTip1_MouseMove_Err:
MsgBox Err.Description
Resume Exit_ViewTip1_MouseMove

End Sub

 

[Lightning]

Use [CTRL]-[ENTER] to start a new line for your Tooltip using the Tooltip property in the control's Property Sheet. I believe that the character limit is 255 characters, although I've never reached this limit myself.

HTH
Lightning

 

[judgehopkins]

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[MrPeds]

thanks for this!

MrPeds