Dear Graeme Geldenhuys ,
Mega Indexes contain many free sources for hint handling .
A sample of files from a search on page using "hint" is given below ( In other pages about Mega Indexes there are other files ) :
Delphi 5.0x freeware
Mega Library - All files :
http://delphi.icm.edu.pl/ftp/d30free/PDJ_DBCheck.zip http://delphi.icm.edu.pl/ftp/d30free/PDJ_DBComEdit.zip http://delphi.icm.edu.pl/ftp/d30free/texdbgrd.zip
http://delphi.icm.edu.pl/ftp/d20free/flatstyl.zip
http://delphi.icm.edu.pl/ftp/d20free/cc95v293.zip
http://delphi.icm.edu.pl/ftp/d30free/PDJ_Check.zip http://delphi.icm.edu.pl/ftp/d30free/PDJ_ComEdit.zip http://delphi.icm.edu.pl/ftp/d30free/sbpro.zip
http://delphi.icm.edu.pl/ftp/d40free/TListBoxRK.zip http://delphi.icm.edu.pl/ftp/d50free/mschkb5.zip
http://delphi.icm.edu.pl/ftp/d30free/PDJ_PCheck.zip http://delphi.icm.edu.pl/ftp/d30free/PDJ_Scrollers.zip http://delphi.icm.edu.pl/ftp/d40free/PieList.zip
http://delphi.icm.edu.pl/ftp/d10free/yearplan.zip
http://delphi.icm.edu.pl/ftp/d50free/ztn-urls.zip
http://delphi.icm.edu.pl/ftp/d30free/PDJ_Button.zip http://delphi.icm.edu.pl/ftp/d10free/grip21.zip
http://delphi.icm.edu.pl/ftp/d30free/assistant.zip http://delphi.icm.edu.pl/ftp/d30free/ucsaf.zip
http://delphi.icm.edu.pl/ftp/d30free/PBPreviw.zip
http://delphi.icm.edu.pl/ftp/d20free/cooltray.zip
http://delphi.icm.edu.pl/ftp/d30free/xstatbar.zip
http://delphi.icm.edu.pl/ftp/d20free/pjhotlbl.zip
http://delphi.icm.edu.pl/ftp/d40free/exhint.zip
http://delphi.icm.edu.pl/ftp/d20free/jdurllbl.zip
http://www.rt-science.de/downloads/RtColorPicker.exe
Perhaps some of them may be useful for you ,
Thank you very much for all your efforts to make
Lazarus and Free Pascal better than the present status .
Mehmet Erol Sanliturk