setCtlToolTip
Syntax
- setCtlToolTip(int index, string text, int style)
Arguments
- index
- The index of the control to display this ToolTip.
- text
- The text that the ToolTip should display. If this argument is NULL or "", the ToolTip for this control is deleted.
- style
- Determines the style of the ToolTip.
Description
- This function changes or deletes the tool tip text and style for the user control with the given index.
- The following styles can be set (and may be OR-ed together):
symbolic value | numeric | style |
(default value) | 0 | Shows ToolTip under cursor. |
TTF_CENTERTIP | 0x0002 | Shows ToolTip under user control (centered). |
TTF_RTLREADING | 0x0004 | Displays right-to-left text. |
TTF_TRACK | 0x0020 | ToolTip tracks the cursor. |
TTF_ABSOLUTE | 0x0080 | Causes the ToolTip window to be displayed at specific coordinates. (not yet implemented) |
TTF_TRANSPARENT | 0x0100 | Causes the ToolTip control to forward mouse event messages to the parent window. |
Example
setCtlToolTip(0, "Follow me!!", 0);
setCtlToolTip(5, "Center me!!", TTF_CENTERTIP);
Also see
- setCtlColor
Comments
- Tooltips may not always work, due to a bug in some FilterMeister versions. They work on Windows 98SE, but not on Windows 2000 or Windows XP. This bug was fixed as of FilterMeister 1.0 Beta 8.7.