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.