Display Comment to button

[ameedoo3000]

hi all.
how can i add comment to any button and it display on mouse move event ?

 

[bborissov]

ToolTipText?

Borislav Borissov
VFP9 SP2, SQL Server

 

[ameedoo3000]

what is mean ?

 

[Tore Bleken]

YourButton.ToolTipsText="Read HELP when in doubt!

 

[ameedoo3000]

I did this and did not show anything

 

[ameedoo3000]

the right Answer

 

[Scott24x7]

Ameedoo3000
Make sure in your MAIN form, or at the form level you are using that the environment variable "ShowTips" is = .T.
You can check in your code by setting this message:

MESSAGEBOX(SET("SHOWTIPS"))

And when it reaches that point (put that code in the button MouseEnter event) it will tell you if ShowTips is on or not.

Also, for that button, place in it's init clase:

This.ToolTipText = <whatever you want it to say>

The contents above in <...> can be a literal string, a variable or field.

Examples of the 3 above in order:

This.ToolTipText = "This is the text that shows when my mouse enters the object."

lcTipText = "This is the text that shows when my mouse enters the object."

This.ToolTipText = lcTipText

From a table named TIPS with a field TIPTEXT and content as above:

This.TooTipText = TIPS.TIPTEXT

(Note that you need to be navigated to that record first, but that's how you'd express it.


Best Regards,
Scott
ATS, CDCE, CTIA, CTDC

"Everything should be made as simple as possible, and no simpler."

 

[Mike Lewis]

Ahmed, the key point here is the comment in the screen shot that you posted: "Sometimes reading the Help file can save a lot of time".

Once we pointed you to the ToolTiptext property, you would have got the full answer by looking up that property in the Help. That would have in turn pointed you to the ShowTips property, and you would have had all the information you needed.

I'm not trying to discourage you from asking questions here, but the Help file is there for a reason. Using the Help file as a primary resource will not only save you time, it will also help you learn your way round VFP.

Mike

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[ameedoo3000]

Yeah.
Thank you very much dear Mike and dear dear Scott for their wonderful briefing.