Label timed like tooltip

[Champak]

I want to make a label display for a certain amount of time like a tooltip. The way I've been doing it is putting a sleep after the label show for a certain time...2-4 seconds. Problem is, that interferes with other functions running properly/timely. I don't really want to use the TimerInit(), because I have enough of those running, and don't want to constantly be polling the app for something that may not always be used. So is there another way to have a label display for a brief period of time and then hide...NOT destroy...like a tooltip? And no I don't want to use a tooltip for those who will say "why don't you just use a tooltip?"

[martin]

I want to make a label display for a certain amount of time like a tooltip. The way I've been doing it is putting a sleep after the label show for a certain time...2-4 seconds. Problem is, that interferes with other functions running properly/timely. I don't really want to use the TimerInit(), because I have enough of those running, and don't want to constantly be polling the app for something that may not always be used. So is there another way to have a label display for a brief period of time and then hide...NOT destroy...like a tooltip? And no I don't want to use a tooltip for those who will say "why don't you just use a tooltip?"

_Timer_SetTimer?

[Champak]

Thanks. Either I'm doing something wrong, or this isn't what I need. From what I understand, it is suppose to call my function "_Sort_Display" after the amount of time I set "5000". Here is what I have. What it does is pause the script for the time I set, and doesn't activate the function I'm calling. What am I doing wrong?

func First()
    $Sort_Display = _Timer_SetTimer($GUI, 5000, "_Sort_Display");, $Sort_Display
    ;a bunch of stuff
endfunc

Func _Sort_Display()
    GUICtrlSetState($Sort_1, @SW_HIDE)
    GUICtrlSetState($Rating_1, @SW_SHOW)
    _Timer_KillTimer(GUI, $Sort_Display)
endfunc

[martin]

Thanks. Either I'm doing something wrong, or this isn't what I need. From what I understand, it is suppose to call my function "_Sort_Display" after the amount of time I set "5000". Here is what I have. What it does is pause the script for the time I set, and doesn't activate the function I'm calling. What am I doing wrong?

func First()
    $Sort_Display = _Timer_SetTimer($GUI, 5000, "_Sort_Display");, $Sort_Display
    ;a bunch of stuff
endfunc

Func _Sort_Display()
    GUICtrlSetState($Sort_1, @SW_HIDE)
    GUICtrlSetState($Rating_1, @SW_SHOW)
    _Timer_KillTimer(GUI, $Sort_Display)
endfunc

I assume you didn't run the code you posted because there is GUI in the _Sort_Displat instead of $GUI.

Anyway, the function called by the timer has to have parameters like this (Even if you don't use the parameters in your function)

Func _Sort_Display($hWnd, $Msg, $iIDTimer, $dwTime)

Then I expect it will work.

Edited June 14, 2008 by martin

[Champak]

The "GUI" -> "$GUI" was a typo in posting. The parameters did it, thanks.