That should work in break mode, if the window has focus, and nothing else is
wrong.
It may not work if a timer is running.
You can always open the Immediate Window (Ctrl+G), and ask about a variable,
e.g.:
? var1
Or you can use the Watch or Locals window (View menu, in the code window.)
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"barret bonden" wrote in message
> Access 2003 : while debugging (setting breakpoints and such) I used to be
> able to see the value of variables by running
> my mouse over them; very useful it was, too. This now seems not to be
> working ! Did I throw a switch without knowing ?
> How to turn that back on ?
>
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