ToolTip (Property)

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ToolTip (Property)

In french: Bulle

The ToolTip property is used to get and change the text displayed in the tooltip associated with a window or page control.

Remarks:

The ToolTip property is used to insert images and colored text into the tooltip via the gXXX functions.

Reminder: To type the message displayed in the tooltip of a control in the editor:

Open the control description window (select "Description" in the context menu).
In the "Help" tab, in the "Tooltip" area, type the text of the tooltip.
Remarks:
- In a multilingual application, the text of the tooltip can be typed in several languages.

Example

// Change the tooltip text according to the type of user
IF User_Type = 0 THEN
EDT_Name.ToolTip = "Type the customer name"
ELSE
EDT_Name.ToolTip = "Customer name"
END

Syntax

Finding out the text of the tooltip Hide the details

<Tooltip text> = <Control used>.ToolTip

<Tooltip text>: Character string

Current text of tooltip associated with the control.
Remark: If the text of the tooltip is in RTF, the text returned will contain the RTF tags.

<Control used>: Control name

Name of the control for which the text of the tooltip is requested.

Modifying the text of the tooltip Hide the details

<Control used>.ToolTip = <New tooltip text>

<Control used>: Control name

Name of the control for which the text of the tooltip must be modified.

<New tooltip text>: Character string

New text for the tooltip associated with the control. If this text corresponds to an empty string (""), no tooltip will be displayed for this control.
This text can contain images and it can be formatted by using the gXXX functions of WLanguage.

Remarks