Re: FORMs 4.5 Ballon message

Richard Moulding (rmoulding_at_bibbway.bt.co.uk) wrote:
: "Bradley A. Lontz" <balontz_at_fgd.cummins.com> wrote:
: >Benoît Stephenson wrote:
: >>
: >> APONTE_at_AWCNET.EGLIN.AF.MIL wrote:
: >>
: >> >Does anybody know how to create messages that will pop on the screen
: >> >when the mouse browse over the button or radio gropu in a form?
: >>
: >> You have to use the file HINT.PLL, wich you will find in a
: >> subdirectory of your "orawin" directory , See also the file named
: >> Hind.wri or Hint,txt.
: >>
: >> Benoit Stephenson
: >> Benoit.Stephenson_at_dmr.ca
: >

: I bit of a poor work-around is to use on-enter mouse triggers on the block
: with the buttons etc and use this to put a message into a field (something
: like you get on the bottom line of some applications) that is dependant upon
: the particular item you are in.
: Of course you'll have to time out the message or blank it afterwards.

Or you could use a when-mouse-enter and a when-mouse-leave. Paradox has a similar feature.
-Joshua Wright

: Regards,
 

: Richard Moulding
Received on Fri Feb 09 1996 - 00:00:00 CET