Shut off ControlTip text?

[CAD Fiend]

Hello,

I have made a from where I have put in text for each of the ControlTip
Text fields so that the first time user when hovering over the field on
the form will see what they are supposed to do. The problem is that once
the user is accustomed to what the field's function is, I'm afraid that
they will get annoyed with the continual text tip windows that keep
popping up whenever they are hovering over that field. What I want to
know is if there is a way to shut-off the tips whenever the user wants
to. You know like a radio button that says "Toggle tips" or something
like that.

TIA for your replies.

 

[Ken Snell [MVP]]

You'd need to set all the control tip texts to an empty string. I don't know
any way to just turn them on and off as a built-in database feature.

Of course, you could create a table to hold the form name, the control name,
and the control tip text to be displayed if not an empty string. Then you
could have another table with a field set to True or False that identifies
if control tip texts are to be displayed. You then would use a subroutine
that would test for the value of the True / False field, and then set the
control tip text of each control on the form that called the subroutine to
the desired control tip text..... this would take quite a bit of time to
set up and program, but would work reasonably well afterwards.

My users usually ignore the control tip texts after a period of time. It
takes about one second or so before the text is displayed, and they're
usually not having the cursor over top of the control long enough to even
see them. The most common feedback I get is, "What control tip text?"

 

[CAD Fiend]

I think I will go with the "ignore it" suggestion. For a begginer like me, the
other option is way over my head.

Thanks.