say suppose when a user clicks a particular button a balloon is to be pop ed up on an edit control(to attract his attention on to that control); in the present situation user must click on the button and only when he places the mouse cursor on the edit control he can see the balloon.
--- In [email protected], David Smith <djsmith_1...@...> wrote: > > You've got it on "an event that fires". Please be more descriptive of the > actual problem. > > --- On Thu, 11/5/09, forbvijay <forbvi...@...> wrote: > > From: forbvijay <forbvi...@...> > Subject: [delphi-en] Balloon tips > To: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, November 5, 2009, 10:09 AM > > > > > > > > Â > > > > > > > > > > hi, > > > > i have a code for balloon tool tips which pops up a balloon only when the > mouse is moved on to the control, my requirement is that it should be pop ed > up when an event fires. > > > > Can any one provide solution for this problem? > > > > the code i am having is like this: > > > > [CODE] > > > > uses > > Commctrl; > > > > procedure ShowBalloonTip( Control: TWinControl; Icon: integer; Title: pchar; > Text: PWideChar; > > BackCL, TextCL: TColor); > > const > > TOOLTIPS_CLASS = 'tooltips_class32' ; > > TTS_ALWAYSTIP = $01; > > TTS_NOPREFIX = $02; > > TTS_BALLOON = $40; > > TTF_SUBCLASS = $0010; > > TTF_TRANSPARENT = $0100; > > TTF_CENTERTIP = $0002; > > TTM_ADDTOOL = $0400 + 50; > > TTM_SETTITLE = (WM_USER + 32); > > ICC_WIN95_CLASSES = $000000FF; > > type > > TOOLINFO = packed record > > cbSize: Integer; > > uFlags: Integer; > > hwnd: THandle; > > uId: Integer; > > rect: TRect; > > hinst: THandle; > > lpszText: PWideChar; > > lParam: Integer; > > end; > > var > > hWndTip: THandle; > > ti: TOOLINFO; > > hWnd: THandle; > > begin > > hWnd := Control.Handle; > > hWndTip := CreateWindow( TOOLTIPS_ CLASS, nil, > > WS_POPUP or TTS_NOPREFIX or TTS_BALLOON or TTS_ALWAYSTIP, > > 0, 0, 0, 0, hWnd, 0, HInstance, nil); > > if hWndTip <> 0 then > > begin > > SetWindowPos( hWndTip, HWND_TOPMOST, 0, 0, 0, 0, > > SWP_NOACTIVATE or SWP_NOMOVE or SWP_NOSIZE); > > ti.cbSize := SizeOf(ti); > > ti.uFlags := TTF_CENTERTIP or TTF_TRANSPARENT or TTF_SUBCLASS; > > ti.hwnd := hWnd; > > ti.lpszText := Text; > > Windows.GetClientRe ct(hWnd, ti.rect); > > SendMessage( hWndTip, TTM_SETTIPBKCOLOR, BackCL, 0); > > SendMessage( hWndTip, TTM_SETTIPTEXTCOLOR , TextCL, 0); > > SendMessage( hWndTip, TTM_ADDTOOL, 1, Integer(@ti) ); > > SendMessage( hWndTip, TTM_SETTITLE, Icon mod 4, Integer(Title) ); > > end; > > end; > > > > procedure TForm1.Button1Click (Sender: TObject); > > begin > > ShowBalloonTip( Button1, 1, 'Title', > > 'Text', clBlue, clNavy); > > end; > > > > [/CODE] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
