A few questions and observations ?

[smashly]

Sorry to keep posting n00b how do I's and can I's , but I feel I'm not doing things correcttly in autoit all the time.

Tooltips.. huh

I read the excellent help file that comes with AutoIt constantly, as of late it's my bible you could say

But tooltips just seem to do their own thing when I use them.

example of expected and unexpected tooltip behaviour:

Run this and hit ALT +1 , after the first tip dissappears hit ALT + 2

Close the script the run it again but this time use ALT + 2 first and you'll see what I mean.

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;~ ToolTip ( "text" [, x [, y [, "title" [, icon [, options]]]]] )

;~ text  The text of the tooltip. (An empty string clears a displaying tooltip) 
;~ x, y  [optional] The x,y position of the tooltip. 
;~ title    [optional] The title for the tooltip Requires IE5+ 
;~ icon  [optional] Pre-defined icon to show next to the title: Requires IE5+. Requires a title.
;~        0 = No icon, 1 = Info icon, 2 = Warning icon, 3 = Error Icon 
;~ options  [optional] Sets different options for how the tooltip will be displayed (Can be added together):
;~        1 = Display as Balloon Tip Requires IE5+
;~        2 = Center the tip at the x,y coordinates instead of using them for the upper left corner. 

;~ Remarks

;~ To skip an optional parameter, leaving it's default value intact, use:
;~   "" for a string parameters
;~   -1 for a numeric parameters

;~ If the x and y coordinates are omitted the, tip is placed near the mouse cursor.

#include <GUIConstants.au3>

HotKeySet("!1","_ttexpected");ALT + 1 
HotKeySet("!2","_ttonlytext");ALT + 2


$dh = @DesktopHeight/2
$dw = @DesktopWidth/2

GUICreate("Tooltip Test"); will create a dialog box that when displayed is centered
GUISetState (@SW_SHOW)   ; will display an empty dialog box

; Run the GUI until the dialog is closed
While 1
    $msg = GUIGetMsg()
    
    If $msg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE Then ExitLoop
Wend


Func _ttexpected()
    ToolTip("This is my tooltip with Text ,  X,  Y, Title, Icon, Center Tip on XY"&@CR&"This is what I expect after reading the AutoIt3 non beta Help file", $dw, $dh,"Expexted ToolTip", 1, 2)
    Sleep(5000)
    ToolTip("")
EndFunc

Func _ttonlytext()
    ToolTip("This Tooltip should only be Text with no Title or Icon and should only and show near mouse pointer")
    Sleep(5000)
    ToolTip("")
EndFunc

It seems if I use the first tooltip and later use the second tooltip then the 2nd tooltip uses the Title of the first tooltip.. Am I missing something ? Spose this is one way I can have a title in a tooltip but retain the show tooltip near the mouse pointer , but then I'd have to call the first tooltip before it'll do that...dodgey.

Seems I can't have a tooltip near my mouse pointer if it has a title/icon in it because If I use -1 for x y it won't show the tooltip near my mouse. Every turn I make with a tooltip it seems there another catch.

So what can I actually Use as default in a tooltip with -1 or "" ? Because everything I've tried never turns out as expected apart from using all options or no options , anything else seems to be non workable.

Can give mutiple examples of tooltip oddities I have.. this example just seemed to puzzle me.

AutoIt non beta 13-Aug release and WinXP SP2.

I had more to ask about hadles , but this post is long enough ftm and my net time is short...

Cheers.

Edited September 19, 2006 by smashly

[SmOke_N]

That is behavior I wouldn't expect considering you are supposed to be clearing it with ToolTip("")... Try this work around

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Edited September 19, 2006 by SmOke_N

[smashly]

Cheers once again SmOke_N , I knew there was something I was missing.. now it all makes sense.. All Good.

Yep I'm slapping my forehead as I type .. doh

Thank You.

[Valik]

That's not right. Things should not carry over from one call to the next. I'll take a look at fixing this.