On the change event of a text box i am using a findstring to search for records like the one the user is entering ie Data1.Recordset.FindFirst "[SURNAME] like '" & Text1.Text & "*'"

This works fine but what i want to do is pass the record into the tooltip text and force the tooltip to be displayed, then enable the user to press tab and it then displays the record that has been found. Does anyone know how to force the tooltip to be displayed without the mouse being moved onto the object?? Any help would much appreciated. Cheers