Whats the proper way to show a help field?

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Tue Nov 18 21:57:27 EST 2014


Al,
Ahah! Didn't know there was a mouse move message.
Thanks!
Bill

> On Nov 18, 2014, at 5:58 PM, Alejandro Tejada <capellan2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi William,
> 
> Still not well from Cold, but here is
> a very simple method:
> 
> Create a small field named "cursorpos"
> 
> Create an opaque rectangle graphic
> and put this script in the graphic:
> 
> on mousemove x,y
>   set the layer of fld cursorpos to the layer of me + 1
>   put x,y into fld cursorpos
>   set the topleft of fld cursorpos to x+20,y
> end mousemove
> 
> on mouseleave
>   hide fld cursorpos
> end mouseleave
> 
> on mouseenter
>   show fld cursorpos
> end mouseenter
> 
> Please, use contrasting colors for the background
> of the graphic and the small field.
> 
> Al
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