what is that little "message" box called?

[gorgor]

This is driving me nuts. I'm using lab windows as my programming environment, and I'm trying to create that little box that shows up when your mouse is positioned over, say, a button in most new windows applications. You know, the little yellowish message box that appears when the mouse is positioned over the button for a couple seconds. It goes away by itself. I don't know what in the world that thing is called! I don't know what it is called so I can't do a search for the way to create in my programming environment. Please help!

 

[KumarSree]

Nice Question , i sure would like to know about it
if u do plz let me know at
kumarkadali@rediffmail.com

Thanks.

 

[palbano]

It's called a "tooltip"

-pete

 

[LastCyborg]

Borland Call it "Hint"

LastCyborg

 

[newmangj]

I have no experience with "lab windows" but the following extracts from code written using MFC may give you a hand with ToolTips.

// This defines the Tool Tips object
CToolTipCtrl tips;

//Activate the tips
if(!tips.Create(this,TTS_ALWAYSTIP))
TRACE0("Error Creating Tips"
else
tips.AddTool(&m_ctips,IDS_TIPS_OFF);
tips.Activate(TRUE);

// Attach a string resource to an object on the dialog box.
// IDS_LOAD is the #defined number for a string resource
// m_cload is the member variable referring to a item on my // GUI dialog
tips.AddTool(&m_cload,IDS_LOAD);

// Detach the string resource from the object.
tips.DelTool(&m_cload);


Hope this helps.