I am looking to write a general routine that can be called from any control

Did you find this event in the list?

- OnMouseMove
- OnMouseUp
- OnMouseDown

Private Sub Detail_MouseMove(Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, X As Single, Y As Single)

Hello Alex
Sorry I didn't make myself clear.
I am using the mouse move event but I don't want to have to provide the control name in the call to a common routine. If this was something like a got focus event I could use the active control but for a mouse move this is not set to the control triggering the mouse move.
Hope this is clearer.

Could possibly use X Y cords and then search for the control on the page that those bounds hit

Yeah, that's a tough one. I'd probably go with Alex's suggestion on that one.

Hi Guys
Thanks for responding.
I will have a look at your suggestion, but in the meantime, here is my solution.
In the form load event I loop through all the controls and if it is a button, text box or combo box, I put a function call in the mouse move event and include the name of the control.
The process mouse move function then fires when triggered by the mouse move over the control.
The function then determines the control type.
If it is a text box or combo box it is checked to see if it has a linked label and if so my code speaks the label text.
Then it speaks the text box content or says it is empty.
Similarly, a button will have its caption spoken.
Works like a charm.
The fun and games we partially sighted people have to play to continue feeding our Access addiction :O)

I hear ya. ;)