Skin Framework - No Tooltips with Skinning in .exe

No Tooltips with Skinning in .exe

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Topic: No Tooltips with Skinning in .exe

Posted By: Baldur
Subject: No Tooltips with Skinning in .exe
Date Posted: 04 July 2008 at 12:18pm

I have now activated the skinframework for the whole applicaton.

In the vb6-ide all tooltips work fine!

If i compile to .exe, no tooltips will be shown.

It belongs to all tooltips in the application:

CommandBars

DockingPane

PropertyGrid

I have also an own ToolTip-Class (from Codeguru), to show tooltips on other controls (like buttons, options, ListView).

This tooltips will also not be shown.

Because tooltips are very urgent for the application, i need as fast as possible a solution !

Environment:

Windows XP SP3

VisualBasic SP6

Codejocks 12.0.0

Some additional informations:

This problem occurs only on my developement-environment.

If i install my application on a windows2000 or an other windowsXP, the tooltips appears as they should be.

Any suggestions ?

Replies:

Posted By: Oleg
Date Posted: 04 July 2008 at 1:37pm

Hi,

Do you see tooltips in our SkinMDISample ?

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Oleg, Support Team
CODEJOCK SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS

Posted By: Baldur
Date Posted: 05 July 2008 at 5:53am

Yes, but now i don't beleave, that it is a skinning problem.

If i deactivate skinning and create the exe the tooltips will also not be shown.

But, if i install it to customers, it works, so we can close this topic.

My be, thats a problem of the developemnet environment (many Applications as VisualStudio6, VisualStudio2003, VisualBasicExpress2005, VisualBasic2008, Office 97, Office 2003, and many more).

Posted By: Baldur
Date Posted: 14 July 2008 at 3:46pm

Maybe, it's solved ?!

The reason for showing no tooltips in exe is depending on the used comctl32.dll.

Because the CJ's ListView works not with CheckBox-Style i switched to the MSComCtl-ListView (SP6).

This works normaly with comctl32.dll in version 5.82.

If you have a manifestfile and use InitCommonControls, the system uses an other dll for some controls including tooltips:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<assembly
   xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1"
   manifestVersion="1.0">
<dependency>
<dependentAssembly>
<assemblyIdentity
   type="win32"
   name="Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls"
   version="6.0.0.0"
   publicKeyToken="6595b64144ccf1df"
   language="*"
   processorArchitecture="x86"
/>
</dependentAssembly>
</dependency>
</assembly>

Version 6.0 is not redistributable and seams to be incompatible with the VB6-MSComctl.ocx.

Look also here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/de-de/library/bb776779%28en-us,VS.85%29.aspx - http://msdn.microsoft.com/de-de/library/bb776779(en-us,VS.85).aspx

I have removed my manifest because i don't need it anymore. CJ's does now the skinning, and what happens: tooltips will be shown in exe.