Info message excell when mouse-over event

Hi,

I'm stuck at the following challenge: in my (first) MS Excell application, I want to show info messages when the mouse moves over the commandbuttons. What I got sofar is the "mouse-over event" , but I can't find a way to view a message for a short time, when the mouse position is over the specific button!
Can anyone help?

Thanks,

Paul

Paul -

I found this on another site. I didn't really read through it. Hope it helps.

- John

It can be emulated with control toolbox buttons using a few frigs. Here is
an example for a button named CmdTooltipTest

To do this, put the following code in a standard code module (making it
available to the whole workbook).

'------------- bas module ------------------------
Option Explicit

Declare Function GetSystemMetrics Lib "user32" ( _
ByVal nIndex As Long) As Long

Declare Function GetSysColor Lib "user32" ( _
ByVal nIndex As Long) As Long


Public Function CreateToolTipLabel(objHostOLE As Object, _
sTTLText As String) As Boolean
Dim objToolTipLbl As OLEObject
Dim objOLE As OLEObject

Const SM_CXSCREEN = 0
Const COLOR_INFOTEXT = 23
Const COLOR_INFOBK = 24
Const COLOR_WINDOWFRAME = 6

Application.ScreenUpdating = False 'just while label is created and
formatted

For Each objOLE In ActiveSheet.OLEObjects
If objOLE.Name = "TTL" Then objOLE.Delete 'only one can exist at a
time
Next objOLE

'create a label control...
Set objToolTipLbl = ActiveSheet.OLEObjects.Add(ClassType:="Forms.Label.1")

'...and format it to look as a ToolTipWindow
With objToolTipLbl
.Top = objHostOLE.Top + objHostOLE.Height - 10
.Left = objHostOLE.Left + objHostOLE.Width - 10
.Object.Caption = sTTLText
.Object.Font.Size = 8
.Object.BackColor = GetSysColor(COLOR_INFOBK)
.Object.BackStyle = 1
.Object.BorderColor = GetSysColor(COLOR_WINDOWFRAME)
.Object.BorderStyle = 1
.Object.ForeColor = GetSysColor(COLOR_INFOTEXT)
.Object.TextAlign = 1
.Object.AutoSize = False
.Width = GetSystemMetrics(SM_CXSCREEN)
.Object.AutoSize = True
.Width = .Width + 2
.Height = .Height + 2
.Name = "TTL"
End With
DoEvents
Application.ScreenUpdating = True

'delete the tooltip window after 3 secs
Application.OnTime Now() + TimeValue("00:00:05"), "DeleteToolTipLabels"

End Function

Public Sub DeleteToolTipLabels()
Dim objToolTipLbl As OLEObject
For Each objToolTipLbl In ActiveSheet.OLEObjects
If objToolTipLbl.Name = "TTL" Then objToolTipLbl.Delete
Next objToolTipLbl
End Sub


'------------end of bas module -------------

Then in the code module for the sheet that has the control, add some
mousedown event code. To get to this module, right-click on the sheet name
tab, and select code (or double-click on the sheet name from within the VB
IDE). Here is an example of how to call it, assuming that the command button
is called cmdTooltipTest

Private Sub CmdTooltipTest_MouseMove(ByVal Button As Integer, _
ByVal Shift As Integer, _
ByVal X As Single, _
ByVal Y As Single)
Dim objTTL As OLEObject
Dim fTTL As Boolean

For Each objTTL In ActiveSheet.OLEObjects
fTTL = objTTL.Name = "TTL"
Next objTTL

If Not fTTL Then
CreateToolTipLabel cmdTooltipTest, "ToolTip Label"
End If

End Sub