Function Reference

_GUIToolTip_GetMarginEx

Retrieves the top, left, bottom, and right margins of a ToolTip control

#include <GuiToolTip.au3>
_GUIToolTip_GetMarginEx ( $hWnd )

Parameters

$hWnd Handle to the ToolTip control (returned by _GUIToolTip_Create.)

Return Value

Returns a $tagRECT structure that will receive the margin information:
    Top - Distance between top border and top of ToolTip text, in pixels
    Left - Distance between left border and left end of ToolTip text, in pixels
    Bottom - Distance between bottom border and bottom of ToolTip text, in pixels
    Right - Distance between right border and right end of ToolTip text, in pixels

Related

_GUIToolTip_GetMargin, _GUIToolTip_ToolToArray

Example

#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <GUIToolTip.au3>
#include <MsgBoxConstants.au3>
#include <WinAPITheme.au3>

Example()

Func Example()
        Local $hGUI = GUICreate(StringTrimRight(@ScriptName, StringLen(".exe")), 350, 200)

        Local $idButton = GUICtrlCreateButton("Button", 30, 32, 130, 28)
        Local $hButton = GUICtrlGetHandle($idButton)
        ; Create a tooltip control
        Local $hToolTip = _GUIToolTip_Create($hGUI, BitOR($_TT_ghTTDefaultStyle, $TTS_BALLOON))

        ; If using a Windows theme setting, this will disable that for the tooltip displayed, so you can change
        ; the margin settings. If you don't do this, the margins won't appear any different
        _WinAPI_SetWindowTheme($hToolTip, "", "")

        ; Add a tool to the tooltip control
        _GUIToolTip_AddTool($hToolTip, 0, "This is the ToolTip text", $hButton)
        ; Manually set the margins of the tooltip instead of using default settings.
        _GUIToolTip_SetMargin($hToolTip, 30, 10, 20, 12)

        ; Retrieve the margin settings of the tooltip
        Local $tRECT = _GUIToolTip_GetMarginEx($hToolTip)
        GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)
        MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, 'Message', _
                        'Left :' & @TAB & DllStructGetData($tRECT, "Left") & @LF & _
                        'Top :' & @TAB & DllStructGetData($tRECT, "Top") & @LF & _
                        'Right :' & @TAB & DllStructGetData($tRECT, "Right") & @LF & _
                        'Bottom :' & @TAB & DllStructGetData($tRECT, "Bottom"))
        While 1
                If GUIGetMsg() = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE Then ExitLoop
        WEnd
        ; Destroy the tooltip control
        _GUIToolTip_Destroy($hToolTip)
        GUIDelete($hGUI)
EndFunc   ;==>Example