speedTip

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Specifies the tooltip text that appears when the mouse remains on a control for more than one second.

Property of

ActiveX, Browse, CheckBox, ComboBox, Container, Editor, Entryfield, Grid, Image, ListBox, NoteBook, OLE, PaintBox, Progress, PushButton, RadioButton, Rectangle, ScrollBar, Slider, SpinBox, TabBox, Text, TextLabel, ToolButton, TreeView

Description

Use the speedTip property to create a tool tip that appears when the mouse rests on a control. Usually this message gives the user a clue as to the function of the control. To suppress the display of these tool tips, set the showSpeedTip property of the form to false.

A speedTip's text will appear whether or not the relevant object has focus (In dBASE Plus, an object does not get focus as the cursor passes over).

A speedTip's text will not appear unless the relevant object is;

enabled (it's enabled property set to true)

 and

visible (it's visible property set to true)

Whether or not a PushButton's speedTip text appears does not depend on the setting of it's speedBar property.