guictrlcreatemenuitem and guictrlsettip?

[gcue]

the helpfile leads me to believe that you can do a guictrlsettip for "guictrlcreate..." functions. (the "guictrlcreate" is a link that shows all the ones it'd work with?)

well, ive tried it with guictrlcreatemenuitem.... no dice. any of you more about this? maybe theres another way someone knows about... ??

here's the help exerpt:

GUICtrlSetTip ( controlID, tiptext [, "title" [, icon [, options]]]]] )

Parameters

controlID The control identifier (controlID) as returned by a GUICtrlCreate... function.

tiptext Tip text that will be displayed when the mouse is hovered over the control.

Edited June 11, 2008 by gcue

[PsaltyDS]

the helpfile leads me to believe that you can do a guictrlsettip for "guictrlcreate..." functions. (the "guictrlcreate" is a link that shows all the ones it'd work with?)

well, ive tried it with guictrlcreatemenuitem.... no dice. any of you more about this? maybe theres another way someone knows about... ??

Nope, no tip...

#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>

Opt('MustDeclareVars', 1)

Example()

Func Example()
    Local $msg
    
    GUICreate("My GUI control tip") ; will create a dialog box that when displayed is centered

    Local $ctrlMenuFile = GUICtrlCreateMenu("&File")
    Local $ctrlMenuOpen = GUICtrlCreateMenuItem("&Open", $ctrlMenuFile)
    GUICtrlSetTip($ctrlMenuFile, "This is my menu, " & @LF & _
            "There are many like it, " & @LF & _
            "But this one is mine!")
    
    GUICtrlCreateLabel("my label", 10, 20)
    GUICtrlSetTip(-1, "tip of my label")
    
    GUISetState()

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

That may be a limitation of the standard Windows API, since I can't find any apps here that do have tips on menu items. Do you know of a common app that does?

[gcue]

i dont.. just thought autoit might after reading that help file..

a bit misleading =/

had my hopes up too =(

Nope, no tip...

#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>

Opt('MustDeclareVars', 1)

Example()

Func Example()
    Local $msg
    
    GUICreate("My GUI control tip"); will create a dialog box that when displayed is centered

    Local $ctrlMenuFile = GUICtrlCreateMenu("&File")
    Local $ctrlMenuOpen = GUICtrlCreateMenuItem("&Open", $ctrlMenuFile)
    GUICtrlSetTip($ctrlMenuFile, "This is my menu, " & @LF & _
            "There are many like it, " & @LF & _
            "But this one is mine!")
    
    GUICtrlCreateLabel("my label", 10, 20)
    GUICtrlSetTip(-1, "tip of my label")
    
    GUISetState()

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

That may be a limitation of the standard Windows API, since I can't find any apps here that do have tips on menu items. Do you know of a common app that does?

[martin]

i dont.. just thought autoit might after reading that help file..

a bit misleading =/

had my hopes up too =(

You can detect which menu item is selected, that is highlighted before it is clicked, using the message $WM_MENUSELECT.

If you search for WM_MENUSELECT you might find something.