Show a tooltip programmaticall y

[Paul E Collins]

How can I show a tooltip programmaticall y? I want to make it appear
over a particular control at the specific time I choose, and not rely
on the user's mouse movements. I don't mind using some Windows API
call for this, if somebody can explain the parameters.

Eq.

[Kevin Spencer]

You don't need Windows API to do this at all. Use the ToolTip class.

public class blah : System.Windows. Forms.Control
{
private System.Windows. Forms.ToolTip toolTip;

protected int _ToolTipInterva l = 3000;
public virtual int ToolTipInterval
{
get { return _ToolTipInterva l; }
set { _ToolTipInterva l = value; }
}

public string ToolTipText
{
get { return "TooTip"; }
}

protected override void OnMouseHover(Ev entArgs e)
{
base.OnMouseHov er(e);
toolTip.Show("Z Index: " + this.ZIndex.ToS tring(),
this, 5, 5, ToolTipInterval );
}

public blah()
{
this.toolTip = new System.Windows. Forms.ToolTip(t his.components) ;
this.toolTip.Au toPopDelay = 5000;
this.toolTip.In itialDelay = 250;
this.toolTip.Re showDelay = 50;
this.toolTip.Sh owAlways = true;
}

}

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HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
Professional Numbskull

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there is no placebo.

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How can I show a tooltip programmaticall y? I want to make it appear over a
particular control at the specific time I choose, and not rely on the
user's mouse movements. I don't mind using some Windows API call for this,
if somebody can explain the parameters.

Eq.

[Paul E Collins]

Kevin Spencer wrote:

[... sample code ...]
toolTip.Show("Z Index: " + this.ZIndex.ToS tring(),
this, 5, 5, ToolTipInterval );

Sorry - I forgot to mention that I need this to work in .NET Framework
1.1, which (unlike 2.0) doesn't have the static ToolTip.Show method.
Any other suggestion?

Eq.