Function Reference

_GUIToolTip_GetToolInfo

Retrieves the information about a specific tool

#include <GuiToolTip.au3>
_GUIToolTip_GetToolInfo ( $hWnd, $hTool, $iID )

Parameters

$hWnd Handle to the ToolTip control (returned by _GUIToolTip_Create.)
$hTool Handle to the window that contains the tool
$iID Identifier of the tool, or Window handle of the control the tool is assigned to

Return Value

Returns an array with the following format:
    [0] - Comma separated string displaying TTF_ flags used
        TTF_IDISHWND = Indicates that $iID is the window handle to the tool instead of the ID
        TTF_CENTERTIP = Centers the window below the tool specified by $iID
        TTF_RTLREADING = Indicates that text will be displayed in the opposite direction
        TTF_SUBCLASS = Indicates that the control should subclass the tool's window to intercept messages
        TTF_TRACK = Positions the control next to the tool to which it corresponds
        TTF_ABSOLUTE = Positions the window at the same coordinates provided by TTM_TRACKPOSITION
        TTF_TRANSPARENT = Causes the control to forward mouse messages to the parent window
        TTF_PARSELINKS = Indicates that links in the control text should be parsed
    [1] - Handle to the window that contains the tool
    [2] - Identifier of the tool
    [3] - X coordinate of the upper left corner of the rectangle
    [4] - Y coordinate of the upper left corner of the rectangle
    [5] - X coordinate of the lower right corner of the rectangle
    [6] - Y coordinate of the lower right corner of the rectangle
    [7] - Handle to the instance that contains the string resource for the tool
    [8] - Text for the tool
    [9] - Application-defined value associated with the tool

Related

_GUIToolTip_EnumTools, _GUIToolTip_GetCurrentTool, _GUIToolTip_SetToolInfo, _GUIToolTip_ToolToArray

Example

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

Example()

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

        Local $idButton = GUICtrlCreateButton("This is a button", 30, 32, 130, 28)
        Local $hButton = GUICtrlGetHandle($idButton)
        ; create a tooltip control using default settings
        Local $hToolTip = _GUIToolTip_Create(0)

        ; add a tool to the tooltip control
        _GUIToolTip_AddTool($hToolTip, 0, "This is a ToolTip", $hButton)
        GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)
        ; Display the information for the tool assigned to the button
        Local $aTool = _GUIToolTip_GetToolInfo($hToolTip, 0, $hButton)
        MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "Tooltip info", "Flags: " & @TAB & _GUIToolTip_BitsToTTF($aTool[0]) & @CRLF & _
                        "HWnd: " & @TAB & $aTool[1] & @CRLF & _
                        "ID: " & @TAB & $aTool[2] & @CRLF & _
                        "Left X:" & @TAB & $aTool[3] & @CRLF & _
                        "Left Y:" & @TAB & $aTool[4] & @CRLF & _
                        "Right X:" & @TAB & $aTool[5] & @CRLF & _
                        "Right Y:" & @TAB & $aTool[6] & @CRLF & _
                        "Instance:" & @TAB & $aTool[7] & @CRLF & _
                        "Text:" & @TAB & $aTool[8] & @CRLF & _
                        "lParam:" & @TAB & $aTool[9])
        _GUIToolTip_Destroy($hToolTip)
        GUIDelete($hGUI)
EndFunc   ;==>Example