Unable to display RTF tooltips greater 80 chars

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   Hi; 
I found a serious problem with CXTPToolTipContextToolTip::GetToolText() in conjunction with RTF tooltip windows - I didn't check it with the other tooltip types.
I tried to assign a longer RTF text to the tooltip window in the TTN_NEEDTEXT message handler by setting the lpszText member of the NMTTDISPINFO structure, but no tooltip window ever appeared. So after hours of debugging I broke down the problem to the CXTPToolTipContextToolTip::GetToolText() function. This function only takes the szText member of the NMTTDISPINFO structure to get the text. This is not according to the MS documentation about TTN_NEEDTEXT messages.

Since the GetToolText() function is not virtual, I'm unable to fix it without changing the code. Perhaps the guys at codejock will take this into account while working on the next maintenance release.

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mgampi Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 14 July 2003 Status: Offline Points: 1198	Post Options Post Reply Quote mgampi Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Unable to display RTF tooltips greater 80 chars Posted: 24 May 2007 at 6:16pm
	Hi; I found a serious problem with CXTPToolTipContextToolTip::GetToolText() in conjunction with RTF tooltip windows - I didn't check it with the other tooltip types. I tried to assign a longer RTF text to the tooltip window in the TTN_NEEDTEXT message handler by setting the lpszText member of the NMTTDISPINFO structure, but no tooltip window ever appeared. So after hours of debugging I broke down the problem to the CXTPToolTipContextToolTip::GetToolText() function. This function only takes the szText member of the NMTTDISPINFO structure to get the text. This is not according to the MS documentation about TTN_NEEDTEXT messages. Since the GetToolText() function is not virtual, I'm unable to fix it without changing the code. Perhaps the guys at codejock will take this into account while working on the next maintenance release.
	Martin Product: Xtreme Toolkit v 19.0.0, new Projects v 19.1.0 Platform: Windows 10 v 1909 (64bit) Language: VC++ 2017

Oleg Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 21 May 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 11234	Post Options Post Reply Quote Oleg Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 31 May 2007 at 1:29am
	Hello, Thanks, please patch sources now: tt.szText[0] = _T('\0'); tt.lpszText = tt.szText; GetOwner()->SendMessage(WM_NOTIFY, id, (LPARAM)&tt); lpToolInfo->strCaption = tt.lpszText; Same changes will be done for 11.2 release. Thank you
	Oleg, Support Team CODEJOCK SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS

mgampi Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 14 July 2003 Status: Offline Points: 1198	Post Options Post Reply Quote mgampi Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 31 May 2007 at 10:58am
	Hi Oleg; could you give me a hint, where to apply the patch?
	Martin Product: Xtreme Toolkit v 19.0.0, new Projects v 19.1.0 Platform: Windows 10 v 1909 (64bit) Language: VC++ 2017

Oleg Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 21 May 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 11234	Post Options Post Reply Quote Oleg Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 01 June 2007 at 7:37am
	In XTPToolTipContext.cpp. Replace whole method: CString CXTPToolTipContextToolTip::GetToolText(TOOLITEM* lpToolInfo) { if (lpToolInfo->bAutoCaption) { UINT_PTR id = lpToolInfo->uId; TOOLTIPTEXT tt = {0}; tt.hdr.hwndFrom = m_hWnd; tt.hdr.idFrom = lpToolInfo->uId; tt.hdr.code = TTN_NEEDTEXT; tt.uFlags = lpToolInfo->uFlags; tt.hinst = NULL; tt.szText[0] = _T('\0'); tt.lpszText = tt.szText; GetOwner()->SendMessage(WM_NOTIFY, id, (LPARAM)&tt); lpToolInfo->strCaption = tt.lpszText; if ((m_pContext->GetControlStyle() & TTS_NOPREFIX) == 0) { CXTPDrawHelpers::StripMnemonics(lpToolInfo->strCaption); } lpToolInfo->bAutoCaption = FALSE; } return lpToolInfo->strCaption; }
	Oleg, Support Team CODEJOCK SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS