Showing an object's description on the status bar

[Beni]

I have a complex database of medical information (medications, test results and the like) with hundreds of tables and queries in it and more objects being added all the time. I would like to have the description of each object shown either on the stauts bar when I highlight the object or on a little popup box when I point to it (á la Windows Explorer). I don't want to have to open the Properties box each time I want to see the description.

Any thoughts?

 

[Allen Browne]

To display a message in the status bar describing what data is expected in a
field, set the StatusBarText property of the text box on your form ("Other"
tab of Properties box in Form Design view).

In table design view, if you type a Description beside each field, it is
automatically assigned to the StatusBarText of the controls when you create
a form.

You can also assign things to the ControlTipText property if you want it to
show as a little popup.

--
Allen Browne - Microsoft MVP. Perth, Western Australia.

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I have a complex database of medical information (medications, test

results and the like) with hundreds of tables and queries in it and more
objects being added all the time. I would like to have the description of
each object shown either on the stauts bar when I highlight the object or on
a little popup box when I point to it (á la Windows Explorer). I don't want
to have to open the Properties box each time I want to see the description.