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Awesome Tooltips All API!!!
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10/25/2001 6:55:05 PM |
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eidos
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This is a wrapper class for the comctl32 api, it allows you to create AWESOME tooltips --> they can be multiline, any background color, foreground color, balloon style, icons like only thought possible for windows ME, they look GOOD. to use balloon style requires IE5 +
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 10/25/2001 9:13:11 PM: Roy
Excellent !!! 5 from here
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10/25/2001 9:15:55 PM: Jing Polito
Please put some comments on your code.
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10/25/2001 9:25:38 PM: JC
Does it work with Win2k?
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10/25/2001 10:44:30 PM: Doctor Evil
Yes, it does work in 2000.
How do you get a baloon to pop up without any mouse actions? (Like when a baloon pops up from a tray icon)
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10/26/2001 12:40:21 AM: Hussain Al-Khalaf
Whow, My brain = good idia, let's work from now
5\5
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10/26/2001 3:19:54 AM: Alan Bates
Will not run at all. Keep getting errors with most of property lets/gets etc. I am running it on Win NT/SP5 + VB6/SP5 + I.E5.5. Please resubmit a version that will at least compile!!!!!!!
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10/26/2001 7:02:39 AM: Niknak
Worked perfectly, Its nice when people submit useful stuff like this!
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10/26/2001 4:28:24 PM: Nick123
Great!! Do you have any idea how you can put links in tool tip like ICQ does? And how about having elliptical shape of tool tip window ? Please let me know. thank you
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10/26/2001 5:44:40 PM: New iSoft
Awsome! 5 from me!!! How do u do show it with out the mouse?
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10/27/2001 8:19:04 PM: Chuck Bradley
Good Job, Lad!
Loaded into VB6 Enterprise Ed. SP5 on W2k, compiled and took off no problem.
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10/30/2001 8:44:50 PM: CYBORG
Is it possible to make this technique into *.ocx ?
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11/22/2001 10:45:46 AM: icleprechauns
i've seen this code at least 3 times, once in OCX form. Did you steal this code, or start from scrath?
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11/22/2001 10:47:26 AM: Yusuf Simonson
alright, i've just downloaded it. I've seen this exact code before.
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11/30/2001 5:59:58 AM: NIS
Hello Again! Ummm... I found some code in c++ that does place tool tips so they come up on demand. If some one wants to change it to vb and post it here that would be great! The address is http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/shellcc/platform/CommCt ls/ToolTip/UsingTooltips.asp
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12/10/2001 3:03:45 AM: VBRider
Won't run under Windows XP
No errors, just the tooltip doesn't display. Anyone know what changes would be required to get Win XP to run it?
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12/13/2001 1:13:02 PM: John Galanopoulos
a goldie! kewl pal! 5!!
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12/29/2001 10:23:30 AM: Sassyboy
is there a way to make it get smaller if the string is to long?
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12/31/2001 2:21:35 AM: Maxwolf
This code is hard to use in a large program that you might be making. I only got it to work for one thing at a time and that was it...mouseover does not work with it, tried several diffrent ways but always ended up in the same problem. It does not support labels and some other important controls that it should.
This code could use improving yes, so I give it a 4, but a great idea...just needs work.
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1/13/2002 7:51:00 PM: gnap
when I try to compile in vb6.0 win2000, i get an error here:
Public Property Get Style() As ttStyleEnum
'used when retrieving value of a property, on the right side of an assignment.
'Syntax: Debug.Print X.Style
Set Style = mvarStyle
End Property
The set style statement is highlighted & the error message is "Object required." Any idea why?
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1/14/2002 9:50:04 AM: Andy Matteson
Excellent, but how do I make this tooltip for the taskbar, like when i hover over the taskbar button for my application, I just get a basic tooltip. How would I make a "Cooltip" for my taskbar button?
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3/14/2002 11:57:04 AM: Bruce Kellerman
The errors are due to the 'Set' (they aren't objects, they are enumerations where they fail). Remove the Set statement.
Also, one of the local string variables was missing in the tooltip.cls that needs to be added, then it will compile.
The similar code I've seen didn't show how to add icons, which is a nice touch.
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3/14/2002 7:15:34 PM: Aldo Vargas
Superb class!!! Cool for professional looking programs.
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3/18/2002 5:21:02 AM: Thomas Krojer
hi, there are 3 errors in the class.
first: the declare of mvartiptext was missing. add this:
Private mvarTipText As String ' error 1
second: instead of:
Set Style = mvarStyle
you should write:
Style = mvarStyle
and third:
Set Icon = mvarIcon
change to
Icon = mvarIcon
after this changes it was possible to compile this code.
bye, thomas
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3/29/2002 10:57:38 PM: Nikon
First: great code
Second: made the changes and yes it compiles but the tooltips don't work then ?? in vb6 it works after the compile the exe don't work ?? please help
i'm on a win2k, vb6 sp5
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4/3/2002 12:27:26 PM: Almar Joling
Doesn't work for me on VB6 latest SP's, Win2k latest SP's... I've removed all bugs, but still no tooltips. This looked like a nice alternative t oget multilined tooltips, shame it doesn't work. Anyway, thanks for sharing it. It works for a lot of people!
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4/28/2002 10:31:22 PM: Thnder
Works for me on win98 5 globes weeeee
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5/12/2002 10:23:59 AM: Roberto Alessi
Very nice code, but the tooltip doesn't
appear on a disabled control (useful for advice to user because the control is disabled ) : any way to do it ?
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7/6/2002 6:48:45 PM: FredJust
see this
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/vbfrood/english/projects/tooltips.htm
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2/6/2003 2:52:28 AM: Michael Manning
This code works on xp for me. Also, how do you make this work for a systray popup?
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3/30/2003 4:05:53 AM:
Yes it has bugs as listed above - I wonder why its not reposted - without the bugs!!
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1/11/2004 8:03:38 AM:
its not re-posted without bugs cozz he doesnt giv a s**t about it n e more. dont complain bout stuff u got 4 free. gj i like =P
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2/13/2005 11:24:15 PM: Rob Crombie
Here is a link to one that has no bugs -
http://www.a1vbcode.com/app.asp?ID=2302
It can be used with controls that lack a HWND as well.
And this is a link to a similar one (same author 10Tec), for using with ListView.
http://www.a1vbcode.com/app.asp?ID=2282
They appear to do everything you could ask for.
Some on PSC have too long a delay, before showing.
This one can be re-set (EG 200 is my recommendation).
I have only 2 extra desires -
Get past the limit of 10 secs viewing time.
Allow use of a fixed width font (eg Courier).
I prefer the latter when using it on grid cells, as the data is dynamic, and I may be trying to line up the data in the multi-line tooltip.
Rob
robhp@iprimus.com.au
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11/11/2005 4:59:42 AM: C.Naguib
Excellent !!! 5 from here
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1/10/2007 12:14:02 PM: behnam
sd
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10/2/2010 11:34:53 AM: Mark A.
Excelent code.
Is there any way to also use this with labels (Label1), image boxes (Image1) and shape objects (Shape1) ?
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