Help! Image info note pop up

[NikoTheBowHunter]

Is there a simple solution or code for creating a pop up box when an icon is clicked on? Basically, like most major websites, when you see a clickable ! or ? you can click on it and a little info note pops up. Would like to do the same thing with the "On Click" function of the image on my form. So if a user is unsure of what should be entered into a field, they can click on the ? image and a little note pops up.

Can this be done with a click down and click up? I.e. when the icon is clicked on, so long as the mouse button is held down the info note remains open/viewable, as soon as the mouse button is released, the info note goes away.

If this can be done with code or a macro, could someone provide me with that code or instructions? I have little to no coding expectance so I turn to you good people for help. Even a link to an article with instructions on how to do the above would be great.


Thanks and cheers!


Niko

[June7]

Controls have a ControlTipText property. Text in this property will display when cursor hovers over control. But it is a bit slow and users might not know about this. If you want to utilize this property, suggest a label with big red font on form with instruction "Hover cursor over field for popup tip."

Otherwise options are:

1. more red text labels with instructions - this is the approach I use, I find I don't need many

2. MsgBox

3. elaborate structure for Help references, I inherited a db with this partially developed - it involved Tag property, HTML pages with CSS, a VBA module, and something called Tipue Search - it was quite complicated and I decided it was not worth the effort and did not retain it

[NikoTheBowHunter]

ControlTipText is exactly what I was hoping to accomplish. Only a few users using the database so this will work for what I need. thanks!