Re: Tooltip ques


"MP" <Nomospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hi
> I've seen a couple net samples for making tool tips.
> They give the ability to show a tool tip over a control on the form in
> your
> own app.
> I'm wondering if there's a way to show a tool tip when cursor is over
> another app,
> with which my app is connected and interacting, maybe somehow by creating
> an
> invisible window which could then get a hwnd which could then receive the
> tooltip???
>
> I don't know enough about creating windows via api to know if this is
> possible or not.
> I would need to somehow track the cursor's movement, detect when it fell
> over certain objects in the external app, (autocad window), and then
> depending on the object, show a tool tip with whatever message.


Let me get this straight. You want YOUR application to show a tooltip when
the mouse is hovered over something in another app? That boggles my mind. I
really don't know if I could think of something that could possibly be more
confusing to a user. But maybe I'm not understanding what you're asking.
Can you elaborate a bit?

--
Mike
Microsoft MVP Visual Basic


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