Control tips

I think I must be going mad. This has to be included in .Net and I just
can't find it. Controls on a windows form. How do I get explanatory text
to display when the user hovers the mouse over a control? (i.e. the stuff
that Access calls control tips)

Thanks.

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Rob Oldfield
www.realuk.co.uk

Andrew
Thu Sep 25 07:15:02 CDT 2003

Take a look at the ToolTip component in the toolbox - it puts an additional
property on each control so you can specify the text to display when the
mouse hovers over the control.

"Rob Oldfield" <rob(an a in a circle)realuk.co.uk> wrote in message
news:u6rviz1gDHA.2292@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>
> I think I must be going mad. This has to be included in .Net and I just
> can't find it. Controls on a windows form. How do I get explanatory text
> to display when the user hovers the mouse over a control? (i.e. the stuff
> that Access calls control tips)
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> Rob Oldfield
> www.realuk.co.uk
>
>

Rob
Thu Sep 25 08:30:15 CDT 2003

Lordy, how wildly unintuitive. Thanks for that Andrew.

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Rob Oldfield
www.realuk.co.uk


"Andrew (Infragistics)" <productmanager@infragistics.com> wrote in message
news:%23$a1S$1gDHA.1748@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Take a look at the ToolTip component in the toolbox - it puts an
additional
> property on each control so you can specify the text to display when the
> mouse hovers over the control.
>
> "Rob Oldfield" <rob(an a in a circle)realuk.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:u6rviz1gDHA.2292@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> >
> > I think I must be going mad. This has to be included in .Net and I just
> > can't find it. Controls on a windows form. How do I get explanatory
text
> > to display when the user hovers the mouse over a control? (i.e. the
stuff
> > that Access calls control tips)
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > --
> > Rob Oldfield
> > www.realuk.co.uk
> >
> >
>
>

Paul
Thu Sep 25 09:36:18 CDT 2003

Most windows forms controls have a ToolTipText Property as well..

"Rob Oldfield" <rob(an a in a circle)realuk.co.uk> wrote in message
news:eiSAEl2gDHA.3868@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Lordy, how wildly unintuitive. Thanks for that Andrew.
>
> --
> Rob Oldfield
> www.realuk.co.uk
>
>
> "Andrew (Infragistics)" <productmanager@infragistics.com> wrote in message
> news:%23$a1S$1gDHA.1748@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > Take a look at the ToolTip component in the toolbox - it puts an
> additional
> > property on each control so you can specify the text to display when the
> > mouse hovers over the control.
> >
> > "Rob Oldfield" <rob(an a in a circle)realuk.co.uk> wrote in message
> > news:u6rviz1gDHA.2292@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > >
> > > I think I must be going mad. This has to be included in .Net and I
just
> > > can't find it. Controls on a windows form. How do I get explanatory
> text
> > > to display when the user hovers the mouse over a control? (i.e. the
> stuff
> > > that Access calls control tips)
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Rob Oldfield
> > > www.realuk.co.uk
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

TJoker
Thu Sep 25 11:05:44 CDT 2003

Agreed.. This approach totally sucks.

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TJoker, MCSD.NET
MVP: Paint, Notepad, Solitaire

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"Rob Oldfield" <rob(an a in a circle)realuk.co.uk> wrote in message
news:eiSAEl2gDHA.3868@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Lordy, how wildly unintuitive. Thanks for that Andrew.
>
> --
> Rob Oldfield
> www.realuk.co.uk
>
>
> "Andrew (Infragistics)" <productmanager@infragistics.com> wrote in message
> news:%23$a1S$1gDHA.1748@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > Take a look at the ToolTip component in the toolbox - it puts an
> additional
> > property on each control so you can specify the text to display when the
> > mouse hovers over the control.
> >
> > "Rob Oldfield" <rob(an a in a circle)realuk.co.uk> wrote in message
> > news:u6rviz1gDHA.2292@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > >
> > > I think I must be going mad. This has to be included in .Net and I
just
> > > can't find it. Controls on a windows form. How do I get explanatory
> text
> > > to display when the user hovers the mouse over a control? (i.e. the
> stuff
> > > that Access calls control tips)
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Rob Oldfield
> > > www.realuk.co.uk
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

Herfried
Thu Sep 25 11:44:49 CDT 2003

Hello,

"Rob Oldfield" <rob(an a in a circle)realuk.co.uk> schrieb:
> I think I must be going mad. This has to be included
> in .Net and I just can't find it. Controls on a windows form.
> How do I get explanatory text to display when the user
> hovers the mouse over a control? (i.e. the stuff
> that Access calls control tips)

Have a look for the 'ToolTip' control in the toolbox. After adding one to
the form, the controls on the form will be extended by a property that
accepts the tooptip text.

--
Herfried K. Wagner
MVP · VB Classic, VB.NET
http://www.mvps.org/dotnet