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    kpo is offline Advanced Beginner
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    creating a "hover caption" or similar

    Hello,



    I am trying to add something simple to my form where if a person hovers of the field some simple instructions or examples of acceptable text pop up. Or maybe they are already in the field just grayed and when the person clicks in the field it disappears. Instead of just listing the different instructions in the header.

    Is this possible? or can I achieve something similar to this? I see under the event tab a "on mouse move" but I am not sure what to type or if this is even what I am looking for.

    Any suggestions or help is greatly appreciated!! THANKS!!

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    Open the property dialog box for a text box control. There should be a tab "Other" (A2K). There is a property named "ControlTip Text". Check Help for info/usage.

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    Thank you! That is what I needed!

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