ControlTipText won't work ?

[Will]

When I enter the "ControlTipText" for a field on a form I thought a little
fly-out would appear when I hovered the mouse over the Field... but it
doesn't seem to work.

Is there another property or option somewhere else I must set in order for
these ControlTipText things to work?

thanks for any help.

 

[Dirk Goldgar]

When I enter the "ControlTipText" for a field on a form I thought a
little fly-out would appear when I hovered the mouse over the
Field... but it doesn't seem to work.

Is there another property or option somewhere else I must set in
order for these ControlTipText things to work?

thanks for any help.

The most common cause of this problem is that there is something --
usually a box -- that Access thinks is on top of the control in question
(even though the box appears to surround rather than overlay the
control). Select the control that has the ControlTipText, and click
menu item Format -> Bring to Front. That may solve the problem.