Problem solved.
I have a frame that is occupying all of the surface area of the user 
control.
It is receiving the mouse events.
The rest should fall into place now.
regards
Bob
 Hi,
I>  want to bring up a tool tip when the mouse hovers over a user control.
I>  tried putting the mouse hover event handler in the user control using 
a 
f> orm variable set to parent. But this goes off whenever the mouse hovers 
a> nywhere on the parent form which is reasonable seeing it is the form 
e> vent that is being triggered.
I> ntellisense lets me declare an mousehover event handler for the user 
c> ontrol on the form but this does not trigger.
L> ikewise  an event handler in the user control that handles myBase 
m> ousehover doesn't trigger.
S> o...
W> hat is the basic methodology for finding that the mouse is over a user 
c> ontrol.
A> lso is my plan to display info about the particular user control that 
is 
b> eing hovered over feasible? (I have never implemented tool tips)
T> hanks
B> ob