Can a MousePointer show TEXT?

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Is there a way to programmitically make a mousepointer show text? This would
be great for drag and drop. Maybe I could create a temporary label that
travels with the mouse?

I don't know, but if anyone does would be greatly appreciated.

Bill
 
Bill said:
Is there a way to programmitically make a mousepointer
show text?
This would be great for drag and drop. Maybe I could
create a
temporary label that travels with the mouse?

I don't know, but if anyone does would be greatly
appreciated.

Bill
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ControlTip Text in a controls property sheet or the
ControlTipText property of a given control in vba. That
won't follow the mouse pointer around _unless_ you
superimpose a transparent control over the controls you're
interested in and use the ControlTipText property of
that.... Not sure if that wouldn't cause more trouble than
it was worth actually.

I vaguely remember someone doing something like this, but
having searched for a while cannot find a reference, sorry.

Good luck

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Nick Coe (UK)
AccHelp v1.01 Access Application Help File Builder
http://www.alphacos.co.uk/
Download Free Copy
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Bill said:
Is there a way to programmitically make a mousepointer
show text?
This would be great for drag and drop. Maybe I could
create a
temporary label that travels with the mouse?

I don't know, but if anyone does would be greatly
appreciated.

Bill
Click to expand...

I knew there was some more stuff on this...

Stephen Lebans site:

QUOTE***********
Another option is here:
http://www.lebans.com/tooltip.htm
A97ToolTip.zip is a database containing a custom ToolTip
class for use
in A97 or higher.

A2KToolTip.zip is a database containing both an API and Form
based
ToolTip solutions. The Form based solution can be used for
forms in
DataSheet view.

Enhanced features include:

Selectable delay times for Toolltip to first appear
Selectable delay times for Tooltip to dissappear
Selectable Text Color
Selectable Background Color
Selectable Margins
Specify Tooltip size
Add a title to the Tooltip in Bold
Selectable Icon for the Tooltip
ToolTips for Lines, Boxes, any rectangular area on your Form

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HTH
Stephen Lebans
http://www.lebans.com
Access Code, Tips and Tricks
Please respond only to the newsgroups so everyone can
benefit.

UNQUOTE*****************

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Nick Coe (UK)
AccHelp v1.01 Access Application Help File Builder
http://www.alphacos.co.uk/
Download Free Copy
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Hi Peter,

I've seen ur website. Nice stuff there.

Thanks for the tip. How do I get this small form to travel with the mouse
pointer? Maybe just create it as a borderless dialog pop-up, give it the
focus and the mouse would naturally drag it? Hmm, let me try that.

BTW, I would have just bought ur software if I could have paid with credit
card and downloaded it. The sending a check method is just too cumbersome.

Last question, it would be very useful for me to be able to drag a field
over continuous forms and have the data drop into whatever field my mouse is
over at the time (even a new, uninitialized record). However, it seems it
only will drop the data into the active record. This means I have to select
the record first then do the drag n drop. Kind of an extra step I'd like to
avoid. Is there some way to accomplish this or does your software do the
automatically?

I guess I am saying I would like the mousemove to have the same effect as
clicking on the field then actually MouseUp to deposit the data.
 
Getting the form to drag with the mouse took me 3 api calls, one to
"GetCursorPos" to find where the pointer is, "GetWindowRect" to find
where the pop-up form is and one to "MoveWindow" to move the pop-up
form.

You can register Drag-N-Dropper with your credit card via links on this
page: http://www.peterssoftware.com/dd.htm, and this page:
http://www.peterssoftware.com/buy.htm

With regard to continuous forms, our current version (4) of
Drag-N-Dropper does not support them. When you register, we can send
you our beta version 5 of DD that DOES support continuous forms.

Hope this helps,

Peter De Baets
Peter's Software - MS Access Tools for Developers
http://www.peterssoftware.com
 
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