it looks ok, thanks Martin
--- In [email protected], "Martin Wynne" <gro...@...> wrote:
>
> > 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.
>
