"Balloon" tooltip

 

 

This Program introducesCToolTipCtrl is similar to CTooolTipWnd and is used to implement the "balloon" tooltip.

 

The method for using this class is as follows:

 

1. Add ToolTipWnd. cpp to the project file.

 

2. Add # include "ToolTipWnd. h" to the header file ".

 

3. Add the following in the class declaration:

 

CToolTipWnd m_BalloonToolTip;

 

3. Add the following code in OnInitDialog (dialog box) or OnInitialUpdate (Form view:

 

M_BalloonToolTip.Create (this );

 

M_BalloonToolTip.AddTool (GetDlgItem (<id>), <text>, [text color]);

 

Eg.

 

M_BalloonToolTip.AddTool (GetDlgItem (IDC_EDIT1), "Tooltip", RGB (255, 0, 0 ));

 

The third parameter is optional. The default value isRGB (0, 0, 0 ). You can use SetDefTextColor to set the default text color.

 

4. Reload PreTranslateMessage and add the following code:

 

If (m_BalloonToolTip)

M_BalloonToolTip.RelayEvent (pMsg );