screen tips on toolbars

[fred kruger]

doug

I have tried this and it doesnt work maybe i wasnt clear.
i have a floting toolbar with some buttons on which are
named for example sake macro1 macro2. I want to be able
if possible not to alter the name but as the mouse moves
over the button to show a screen tip as it does on other
word buttons.

But evan if I alter the button to a image and change the
field as you suggested the only thing shown on the screen
tip is the procedure name the buton is created from.

Paul

 

[Word Heretic]

G'day "fred kruger" <[email protected]>,

you have to use VBA at the moment. I have a tool in dev that I use for
myself because I got totally sick of all the VBA involved.

You need to know the name of the toolbar the control sits on, not easy
if its on a popup defined through the GUI. Then you need the control
number. This gives you the control, so something like

CommandBars(1).Controls(1).TooltipText="a string"

can then set the text for you.

doug

I have tried this and it doesnt work maybe i wasnt clear.
i have a floting toolbar with some buttons on which are
named for example sake macro1 macro2. I want to be able
if possible not to alter the name but as the mouse moves
over the button to show a screen tip as it does on other
word buttons.

But evan if I alter the button to a image and change the
field as you suggested the only thing shown on the screen
tip is the procedure name the buton is created from.

Paul

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