GUIToolTip UDF rewrite

[BrewManNH]

That might work, although I can't understand why it doesn't work as it used to. Maybe I got lucky before and was leaving the mouse pointer there when I first wrote the example. It's been a while so I forget things as I get older. 

[VAN0]

BrewManNH,

 

It works if I do that.

Perhaps change the button text like this?

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

Example()

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

    Local $iButton = GUICtrlCreateButton("ToolTip showing", 30, 32, 130, 28)
    Local $hButton = GUICtrlGetHandle($iButton)

    Local $hToolTip = _GUIToolTip_Create($hGUI, BitOR($_TT_ghTTDefaultStyle, $TTS_BALLOON))
    _GUIToolTip_AddTool($hToolTip, 0, " ", $hButton)
    GUISetState()

    _GUIToolTip_TrackActivate($hToolTip, True, 0, $hButton)
    Local $Msg, $Display = True
    $hTimer = TimerInit()
    While 1
        Sleep(10)
        Local $aMousePos = MouseGetPos()
        _GUIToolTip_TrackPosition($hToolTip, $aMousePos[0] + 10, $aMousePos[1] + 20)
        _GUIToolTip_UpdateTipText($hToolTip, 0, $hButton, "X: " & $aMousePos[0] & " Y: " & $aMousePos[1])
        $Msg = GUIGetMsg()
        Switch $Msg
            Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
                ExitLoop
        EndSwitch
        ; Every 8 seconds the tooltip will be "popped" in or out of view
        ; to get it to display after the 8 seconds has passed, you have to hover
        ; over the button.
        If TimerDiff($hTimer) > 8000 Then
            $Display = Not $Display
            $hTimer = TimerInit()
            If $Display Then
                GUICtrlSetData($iButton, "ToolTip showing")
                $iRet = _GUIToolTip_PopUp($hToolTip)
                ConsoleWrite($iRet & @CRLF)
            Else
                GUICtrlSetData($iButton, "Hover here now")
                _GUIToolTip_Pop($hToolTip)
            EndIf
        EndIf
    WEnd
    ; Destroy the tooltip control
    _GUIToolTip_Destroy($hToolTip)
    GUIDelete($hGUI)
EndFunc   ;==>Example

M23

It doesn't work 100%, maybe 50% at most. Button might show "Tooltip showing", but no tooltip actually showing.

Is this UDF now the official that comes with AU3 v3.3.10.2 ?

[BrewManNH]

The GUIToolTip UDF that is included with the latest version of AutoIt is the rewrite.

[VAN0]

Well, either case the example doesn't work (properly) with the attached to the first post version, or built-it UDF

Edited March 16, 2014 by VAN0

[BrewManNH]

Yes it does, at least if you follow the directions. It's not the best example of using _GUIToolTip_PopUp as it assumes the user can read the instructions, but it works. If you would like to create your own example for it that works better feel free. Personally, I think the function itself is kind of pointless because it's functionality can be done much easier with other functions in the UDF. 

Some of the functions in the UDF don't work as I expected them to, and that is why they have no example scripts because I couldn't get them to work. I didn't remove them because they may actually work, and I am just not using them correctly because I don't get the underlying usage.