how to dynamically set tootip on listbox?

[GS]

how can I set tooTip on ToolTip1 for a listbox?

[kimiraikkonen]

On Dec 26, 8:42 pm, "GS" <[e-mail]>
wrote:

how can I set tooTip on ToolTip1 for a listbox?

If you're meaning associating a tooltip with a control, simple drag a
tooltip from toolbox on your project then go to your control's
properties(eg: a button) and set " eg: tooltip on tooltip 1" property
text what you want.

[GS]

actually, I already have tootip1 as created like you describe.
I was attempting to set the tootip dynamically based on the scrolling/item
selected on the listbox.
I guess that is not possible, so I just gave up and set the tag instead. the
user would have to request help on the listbox 1 to see the new dynamic help
content

"kimiraikkonen" <ki*************@gmail.comwrote in message
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On Dec 26, 8:42 pm, "GS" <[e-mail]>
wrote:

how can I set tooTip on ToolTip1 for a listbox?

If you're meaning associating a tooltip with a control, simple drag a
tooltip from toolbox on your project then go to your control's
properties(eg: a button) and set " eg: tooltip on tooltip 1" property
text what you want.

[Leon Lambert]

It should be possible to dynamically pop up specific text in your
tooltip. I did this in a small map control i did. Basically i hooked
into the mouse move event for the control you are interested in. In the
event handler i looked to see if the tooltip was active. If active i
then analyzed where the mouse was in the control. I was able then to get
the specific information about the item that was under the mouse. You
can then set the text in the tooltip and display it. Following is the
code where i set the contents of the tool tip. It is taken out of
context but hopefully gives you the idea.
ToolTip tt = mapControl.toolTip1;
RectangleF rec = new RectangleF(x - 2,y - 2,4,4);
PointF pt = MapToScreen(mob.x,mob.y);
if (rec.Contains(pt))
{
tt.SetToolTip(mapControl, mob.TargetInfo());
tt.AutomaticDelay = 0;
tt.Active = true;
}

TargetInfo can create a pretty complex set of text. It uses a
StringBuilder to do that and you can use multiple lines of text by
Appending \n characters.

Hope this helps
Leon Lambert

GS wrote:

actually, I already have tootip1 as created like you describe.
I was attempting to set the tootip dynamically based on the scrolling/item
selected on the listbox.
I guess that is not possible, so I just gave up and set the tag instead. the
user would have to request help on the listbox 1 to see the new dynamic help
content

"kimiraikkonen" <ki*************@gmail.comwrote in message
news:33**********************************@p69g2000 hsa.googlegroups.com...

>On Dec 26, 8:42 pm, "GS" <[e-mail]>
wrote:

>>how can I set tooTip on ToolTip1 for a listbox?

If you're meaning associating a tooltip with a control, simple drag a
tooltip from toolbox on your project then go to your control's
properties(eg: a button) and set " eg: tooltip on tooltip 1" property
text what you want.

[GS]

thank you for the example code. I will give it a shot later after finishing
up the main functionalities.

I assume mob is the mouse object right?

"Leon Lambert" <la******@inil.comwrote in message
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It should be possible to dynamically pop up specific text in your
tooltip. I did this in a small map control i did. Basically i hooked
into the mouse move event for the control you are interested in. In the
event handler i looked to see if the tooltip was active. If active i
then analyzed where the mouse was in the control. I was able then to get
the specific information about the item that was under the mouse. You
can then set the text in the tooltip and display it. Following is the
code where i set the contents of the tool tip. It is taken out of
context but hopefully gives you the idea.
ToolTip tt = mapControl.toolTip1;
RectangleF rec = new RectangleF(x - 2,y - 2,4,4);
PointF pt = MapToScreen(mob.x,mob.y);
if (rec.Contains(pt))
{
tt.SetToolTip(mapControl, mob.TargetInfo());
tt.AutomaticDelay = 0;
tt.Active = true;
}

TargetInfo can create a pretty complex set of text. It uses a
StringBuilder to do that and you can use multiple lines of text by
Appending \n characters.

Hope this helps
Leon Lambert

GS wrote:

actually, I already have tootip1 as created like you describe.
I was attempting to set the tootip dynamically based on the

scrolling/item

selected on the listbox.
I guess that is not possible, so I just gave up and set the tag instead.

the

user would have to request help on the listbox 1 to see the new dynamic

help

content

"kimiraikkonen" <ki*************@gmail.comwrote in message

news:33**********************************@p69g2000 hsa.googlegroups.com...

On Dec 26, 8:42 pm, "GS" <[e-mail]>
wrote:
how can I set tooTip on ToolTip1 for a listbox?
If you're meaning associating a tooltip with a control, simple drag a
tooltip from toolbox on your project then go to your control's
properties(eg: a button) and set " eg: tooltip on tooltip 1" property
text what you want.

[Leon Lambert]

No mob actually stand for Mobile Object. These are points of interest on
my map control.

Leon Lambert

GS wrote:

thank you for the example code. I will give it a shot later after finishing
up the main functionalities.

I assume mob is the mouse object right?

"Leon Lambert" <la******@inil.comwrote in message
news:ei**************@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>It should be possible to dynamically pop up specific text in your
tooltip. I did this in a small map control i did. Basically i hooked
into the mouse move event for the control you are interested in. In the
event handler i looked to see if the tooltip was active. If active i
then analyzed where the mouse was in the control. I was able then to get
the specific information about the item that was under the mouse. You
can then set the text in the tooltip and display it. Following is the
code where i set the contents of the tool tip. It is taken out of
context but hopefully gives you the idea.
ToolTip tt = mapControl.toolTip1;
RectangleF rec = new RectangleF(x - 2,y - 2,4,4);
PointF pt = MapToScreen(mob.x,mob.y);
if (rec.Contains(pt))
{
tt.SetToolTip(mapControl, mob.TargetInfo());
tt.AutomaticDelay = 0;
tt.Active = true;
}

TargetInfo can create a pretty complex set of text. It uses a
StringBuilder to do that and you can use multiple lines of text by
Appending \n characters.

Hope this helps
Leon Lambert

GS wrote:

>>actually, I already have tootip1 as created like you describe.
I was attempting to set the tootip dynamically based on the

scrolling/item

>>selected on the listbox.
I guess that is not possible, so I just gave up and set the tag instead.

the

>>user would have to request help on the listbox 1 to see the new dynamic

help

>>content

"kimiraikkonen" <ki*************@gmail.comwrote in message

news:33**********************************@p69g2000 hsa.googlegroups.com...

>>>On Dec 26, 8:42 pm, "GS" <[e-mail]>
wrote:
how can I set tooTip on ToolTip1 for a listbox?
If you're meaning associating a tooltip with a control, simple drag a
tooltip from toolbox on your project then go to your control's
properties(eg: a button) and set " eg: tooltip on tooltip 1" property
text what you want.

[GS]

Great. I finally got around to try out your hint. thanks to your hint..

It turns out to be real easy, nothing complicated for listbox nor textbox
controls

just add another tootip
in the control's hover event
ToolTip tt = toolTip2;
tt.SetToolTip(regexOptionListBox,
regexOptionListBox.Tag.ToString());
tt.AutomaticDelay = 0;
tt.Active = true;
for a simplified example.

To make tt context sensitive to selected listbox , I will have to use the
selected value for setToolTip accordingly instead of the tag.

I also found out
ToolTip tt = toolTip2;
is critical as direct use of toolTip2.SetToolTip(...) is not acceptable!

"Leon Lambert" <la******@inil.comwrote in message
news:ei**************@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

It should be possible to dynamically pop up specific text in your
tooltip. I did this in a small map control i did. Basically i hooked
into the mouse move event for the control you are interested in. In the
event handler i looked to see if the tooltip was active. If active i
then analyzed where the mouse was in the control. I was able then to get
the specific information about the item that was under the mouse. You
can then set the text in the tooltip and display it. Following is the
code where i set the contents of the tool tip. It is taken out of
context but hopefully gives you the idea.
ToolTip tt = mapControl.toolTip1;
RectangleF rec = new RectangleF(x - 2,y - 2,4,4);
PointF pt = MapToScreen(mob.x,mob.y);
if (rec.Contains(pt))
{
tt.SetToolTip(mapControl, mob.TargetInfo());
tt.AutomaticDelay = 0;
tt.Active = true;
}

TargetInfo can create a pretty complex set of text. It uses a
StringBuilder to do that and you can use multiple lines of text by
Appending \n characters.

Hope this helps
Leon Lambert

GS wrote:

actually, I already have tootip1 as created like you describe.
I was attempting to set the tootip dynamically based on the

scrolling/item

selected on the listbox.
I guess that is not possible, so I just gave up and set the tag instead.

the

user would have to request help on the listbox 1 to see the new dynamic

help

content

"kimiraikkonen" <ki*************@gmail.comwrote in message

news:33**********************************@p69g2000 hsa.googlegroups.com...

On Dec 26, 8:42 pm, "GS" <[e-mail]>
wrote:
how can I set tooTip on ToolTip1 for a listbox?
If you're meaning associating a tooltip with a control, simple drag a
tooltip from toolbox on your project then go to your control's
properties(eg: a button) and set " eg: tooltip on tooltip 1" property
text what you want.