Show GUICtrlSetTip's tip manually

[LWC]

If, for example, someone leaves a GUICtrlCreateInput empty, I would like that input's tooltip to be displayed when the user clicks a nearby button. Is it possible?

[Melba23]

LWC,

You could always cheat - like this:

#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>

$hGUI = GUICreate("Test", 500, 500)

$hInput = GUICtrlCreateInput("", 10, 10, 200, 20)
GUICtrlSetTip(-1, "I am the normal ToolTip")

$hButton = GUICtrlCreateButton("Go!", 10, 50, 80, 30)

GUISetState()

While 1

    Switch GUIGetMsg()
        Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
            Exit
        Case $hButton
            $aGUIPos = WinGetPos($hGUI)
            $aCtrlPos = ControlGetPos($hGUI, "", $hInput)
            ToolTip("I am the other ToolTip", $aGUIPos[0] + $aCtrlPos[0] + 100, $aGUIPos[1] + $aCtrlPos[1] + 30)
            Sleep(1000)
            ToolTip("")
    EndSwitch

WEnd

M23

[LWC]

It's not only "cheating", but uses tooltip which dissapears based on time rather than movement (like GUICtrlSetTip does). Isn't there a direct way to trigger GUICtrlSetTip?

[Mat]

The closest I could find was _GUICtrlEdit_ShowBalloonTip. It might be what you want...

[Melba23]

LWC,

Not the most gracious reply I have ever seen.

Isn't there a direct way to trigger GUICtrlSetTip?

If I knew how to do that I would have told you directly.

based on time rather than movement

We could look to see if the cursor was still over the button:

#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>

$hGUI = GUICreate("Test", 500, 500)

$hInput = GUICtrlCreateInput("", 10, 10, 200, 20)
GUICtrlSetTip(-1, "I am the normal ToolTip")

$hButton = GUICtrlCreateButton("Go!", 10, 50, 80, 30)

GUISetState()

While 1

    Switch GUIGetMsg()
        Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
            Exit
        Case $hButton
            $aGUIPos = WinGetPos($hGUI)
            $aCtrlPos = ControlGetPos($hGUI, "", $hInput)
            ToolTip("I am the other ToolTip", $aGUIPos[0] + $aCtrlPos[0] + 100, $aGUIPos[1] + $aCtrlPos[1] + 30)
            While 1
                $aCInfo = GUIGetCursorInfo()
                If $aCInfo[4] <> $hButton Then ExitLoop
                Sleep(10)
            WEnd
            ToolTip("")
    EndSwitch

WEnd

Any better.

M23

[Mat]

And that is a new record ladies and gentlemen!! At 15:21 on the 11th of January 2011 Melba23 managed to quintuple post, improving on the previous record of 3 held by various members. Controversially it came at a time when there were many bugs in the forum, though none of the official adjudicators was available to comment on whether this affected the record breaking feat. Nevertheless, this is surely an event for the history books.

[Melba23]

Sorry all - I only meant to post the one.

I suppose I will get accused of trying to bump my post count next!

M23

Edit: See, I can do it when the forum lets me!

Edited January 11, 2011 by Melba23

[Mat]

Ok, one problem after another for this This is what I have. $hBtn is a handle NOT a control id... who knows why when both places that use it quite clearly say 'id'.

$tNMHDR = DllStructCreate($tagNMHDR)
DllStructSetData($tNMHDR, "hwndFrom", $hTooltip)
DllStructSetData($tNMHDR, "idFrom", $hBtn)
DllStructSetData($tNMHDR, "code", $TTN_SHOW)

_SendMessage($hBtn, $WM_NOTIFY, $hBtn, DllStructGetPtr($tNMHDR))

Even if I input $hTooltip manually to what it should be, still not luck.

Here's what I was testing on:

#include <StructureConstants.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>
#include <TooltipConstants.au3>
#include <SendMessage.au3>
#include <WinAPI.au3>

$hGUI = GUICreate("Test Tooltip")

$iBtn = GUICtrlCreateButton("Hover here!", 200, 200, 100, 30)
GUICtrlSetTip(-1, "Boo!")
$hBtn = GUICtrlGetHandle(-1)

$hTest = GUICtrlCreateButton("Test", 100, 100, 100, 30)

GUISetState()

$hTooltip = 0 ; ??????????

While 1
    Switch GUIGetMsg()
        Case -3
            ExitLoop
        Case $hTest
            $tNMHDR = DllStructCreate($tagNMHDR)
            DllStructSetData($tNMHDR, "hwndFrom", $hTooltip)
            DllStructSetData($tNMHDR, "idFrom", $hBtn)
            DllStructSetData($tNMHDR, "code", $TTN_SHOW)

            _SendMessage($hBtn, $WM_NOTIFY, $hBtn, DllStructGetPtr($tNMHDR))
    EndSwitch
WEnd