If we are talking control toolbar labels, you can try this

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 5 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 label
is called Label1

Private Sub Label1_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 Label1, "ToolTip Label"
End If

End Sub

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HTH

RP
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"John Robinson" wrote in message
om...
Is it possible to display a tool tip-text type label as the mouse
hovers over a label on an excel sheet. I can get a msgbox to come up
using Mousemove or click, but that requires a user interaction to
remove it. I would like a simple tiptext type message to appear as one
hovered over it and disappear as one moved on. Labels don't seem to
have this property.
My problem is a small label, which sometimes holds a long address and
I would like to be able to display it all as one hovers over it.
Thanks in advance for any help!