Toolkit text length limit

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   <this is really two questions>

1.  Is it possible to use XTP tooltips in a view?  I only saw examples for toolbars...

2.  Is it possible to extend the tooltip text limit beyond 80 characters?  I've seen other tooltip libraries do it, but I'm not sure how to do it.  I really need more than 80, and I need some more styles...

Thanks!

- David

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ddlittle Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 19 February 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 132	Post Options Post Reply Quote ddlittle Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Toolkit text length limit Posted: 19 December 2006 at 7:35pm
	<this is really two questions> 1. Is it possible to use XTP tooltips in a view? I only saw examples for toolbars... 2. Is it possible to extend the tooltip text limit beyond 80 characters? I've seen other tooltip libraries do it, but I'm not sure how to do it. I really need more than 80, and I need some more styles... Thanks! - David

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: 20 December 2006 at 3:01am
	Hi, 1. yes. Add CXTPToolTipContext as member, override OnWndMsg BOOL CMyView::OnWndMsg(UINT message, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam, LRESULT* pResult) { m_ToolTipContext.FilterToolTipMessage(this, message, wParam, lParam); return CWnd::OnWndMsg(message, wParam, lParam, pResult); } and override INT_PTR CMyView::OnToolHitTest(CPoint point, TOOLINFO* pTI) const 2. Standard Tooltip doesn't have such limit....
	Oleg, Support Team CODEJOCK SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS

ddlittle Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 19 February 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 132	Post Options Post Reply Quote ddlittle Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 20 December 2006 at 10:32am
	The reason I said there is a limit is because I use a strcpy to put the tooltip text in the szText field of the TOOLTIPTEXT structure (I pasted it below). There is a pointer member as well, but I've never used it. I wrote my TOOLTIP stuff many years ago, so maybe it's wrong now. Do you not use the szText member for tooltips? typedef struct tagNMTTDISPINFOA { NMHDR hdr; LPSTR lpszText; char szText[80]; HINSTANCE hinst; UINT uFlags; #if (_WIN32_IE >= 0x0300) LPARAM lParam; #endif } NMTTDISPINFOA, *LPNMTTDISPINFOA;