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

Remarks

None.

Related

_GUIToolTip_GetMargin, _GUIToolTip_ToolToArray

Example

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

Example()

Func Example()
    Local $hGUI = GUICreate(StringTrimRight(@ScriptName, 4), 350, 200)

    Local $iButton = GUICtrlCreateButton("Button", 30, 32, 130, 28)
    Local $hButton = GUICtrlGetHandle($iButton)
    ; 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
    DllCall("UxTheme.dll", "int", "SetWindowTheme", "hwnd", $hToolTip, "wstr", 0, "wstr", 0)

    ; 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)
    DllCall("UxTheme.dll", "int", "SetWindowTheme", "hwnd", $hToolTip, "wstr", 0, "wstr", 0)

    ; Retrieve the margin settings of the tooltip
    Local $tRect = _GUIToolTip_GetMarginEx($hToolTip)
    GUISetState()
    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