> So the balloon is supposed to help the user find an edit control? A TShape red rectangle is ideal for that. It's not a Windows control, so it will always be behind a TEdit.
On the button click, resize and reposition it so that it forms a red border round the relevant TEdit: my_shape.Left:=my_edit.Left-4; my_shape.Width:=my_edit.Width+8; my_shape.Top:=my_edit.Top-4; my_shape.Height:=my_edit.Height+8; my_shape.Visible:=True; deal with the control, my_shape.Visible:=False; Martin.
