Tooltip Help

[HockeyFan]

A couple of days ago I read a forum post that had a script that used a tooltip window to display a time counter...but now, that I would like to use it, I can no longer find that post. Is anyone familiar with this script or post who could direct me to it???

Thanks!

[/dev/null]

like this ???

AdlibEnable("mytooltip",100)
global $glb_seconds

while 1
  sleep(1000)
wend

func mytooltip()
    ToolTip("This is a tooltip. Seconds: " & int($glb_seconds))
    $glb_seconds += 0.1
endfunc

Cheers

Kurt

[HockeyFan]

Kurt,

If you mean this:

AdlibEnable("mytooltip",100)

global $glb_seconds

while 1

  sleep(1000)

wend

func mytooltip()

    ToolTip("This is a tooltip. Seconds: " & int($glb_seconds))

    $glb_seconds = $glb_seconds + 0.1

endfunc

...It works but It wasn't what I had found. The script that I remember counted up minutes and seconds...and I don't think it was a function call. I could be wrong......but I just don't remember. If only I hadn't deleted the code after testing it!

Thanks anyway.

[Valuater]

found this one for ya

AdlibEnable ("testmouse") 
$begin=0
$time=0
$MPos1 = MouseGetPos()
$MPos2 = MouseGetPos()
$curpos1=WinGetCaretPos()
$curpos2=WinGetCaretPos()

winclose("mouse")
AutoItWinSetTitle ( "mouse" )

While 1
testmouse()

Wend

Func testmouse()
If TimerStop($begin)>1000 Then 
$begin = TimerStart()
$MPos2 = MouseGetPos()
$curpos2=WinGetCaretPos()
Else
$MPos1 = MouseGetPos()
$curpos1=WinGetCaretPos()
EndIf
If $MPos1[0] = $MPos2[0] and $curpos1[0]=$curpos2[0] and $curpos1[1]=$curpos2[1] Then 
If $time=0 Then $time = TimerStart()
ToolTip("No user input for "&int(TimerStop($time)/1000)+1& " seconds", 0, 0)
Else
 ToolTip("")
 $time=0
EndIf
EndFunc

hope it helps

8)

[/dev/null]

...It works but It wasn't what I had found.  The script that I remember counted up minutes and seconds...and I don't think it was a function call.

O.K. so, then just extend my script to show the minutes as well. Regarding the function call: If you want the tooltip to get updated constantly, you will either do it by yourself in the message loop, or let Adlibenable() do it for you.

Cheers

Kurt

[blindwig]

Why are you counting the seconds manually? You have no guarentee that it would be accurate. You sould be using TimerInit and TimerDiff instead.

[HockeyFan]

Blindwig,

The timer was just something I wanted to temporarily put into a script during testing to know approximately when certain things happened during a long software installation. That's why the timer didn't need to be accurate. Thanks for your input.

[/dev/null]

Blindwig,

The timer was just something I wanted to temporarily put into a script during testing to know approximately when certain things happened during a long software installation.  That's why the timer didn't need to be accurate.  Thanks for your input. 

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

well, why not have it more accurate ....

const $INTERVAL = 100

global $glb_time = "00:00"
global $glb_timestart = TimerInit()

AdlibEnable("mytooltip",$INTERVAL)

while 1
  sleep(1000)
wend

func mytooltip()
    local $timediff = TimerDiff($glb_timestart)
    local $seconds

    $seconds = int($timediff/1000)
    $glb_time = StringFormat("%02d:%02d", $seconds/60, mod($seconds,60))

    ToolTip("Seconds: " & $glb_time )

endfunc

Cheers

Kurt