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vdsalchemist · Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 7:31 pm Post subject:

vtol,
What version of the common controls DLL do you have on your machine. Ballon style Tool Tips did not appear until version 5.8 and they came with IE 5.0... If you have recently installed a program that replaced the common controls DLL on your machine then you may not be able to show ballon tool tips. Take a look at this MSDN page for information about the different versions of the common controls DLL http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb776779(VS.85).aspx

Also have you tried compiling without the Manifest file? Your manifest may not be setup to use the 6.x version of the common controls library.

vtol · Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 8:33 pm Post subject:

All my machines have v6IE
But I wanna check that out anyways.

My VDS5 programs allways worked fine, whats really bad is I dont even have Tooltips or BalloonTips in my VDS6 programs.
It might be something to do with the VDS6 LIST box and MULTI style.
If I remove the MULTI style, VDS6 works good.

Thanks

vdsalchemist · Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 8:41 pm Post subject:

ShinobiSoft · Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 2:05 am Post subject:

Johnny,

He's tying to use baloon tips with a VDS 6 app that has 3 list boxes with the
MULTI style. I'm guessing with tooltip text already set, or using the new
set tooltip command for setting the tooltip text for the list boxes. With the
MULTI style the baloon tips are NOT showing, but without the MULTI style
the baloon tips display correctly.

From programming at the API level in C, when I've encountered symptoms
such as these, it's always ended up being a conflicting #define for a
window or controls style bits.

But hey, I'm just a broke down carpenter, what do I know Insane

vtol · Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 2:55 am Post subject:

I'm sorry
FIRST
What I was trying to say all along in other better words ie:
At first I noticed in VDS6 IEv6 that my homemade VDS6 programs tooltips(hints) never worked in my LIST box's with MULTI style.

NEXT
I thought maybe if I added the VDS6 BALLOONTIPS to my main DIALOG that that would be better than nothing at all.
But then I noticed that BALLOONTIPS would not work either while MULTI style and LIST box's.

In other words niether one ever worked here with VDS6 LIST's and MULTI style.

AND
I have several computers here, some AMD some Intel, same problem with VDS6 only.

ALSO
I never had this problem with VDS5 and its tooltips(hints).

OS testing
Windows XP Pro (and different computers)
Windows XP Home (and different computers)
I didnt waste my time testing it on VISTA Ultimate(yuk)

Heres the program reduced to hardly nothing, and still has all the same problems mentioned above:
DIALOG CREATE,testing,-1,0,200,100
DIALOG ADD,LIST,test,10,10,180,70,I can not see this tooltip hint in VDS"6",MULTI
DIALOG SHOW
:Evloop
wait event
goto @event()
:close
EXIT

my Common Controls Libary version
comctl32.dll 5.82.2900.2982
5.82 Comctl32.dll = Windows XP and Windows Vista
my shell32
shell32.dll 6.0.2900.3241
6.0 Shell32.dll = Windows XP and Windows Vista
my Light weight
Shlwapi.dll 6.0.2900.3268
6.0 Shlwapi.dll = Windows XP and Windows Vista
I dont want to sound like I'm bashing VDS6, I think its just some little bug that will be found and fixed, you can blame VISTA and all this new security updates more than likely.
Insane

Aslan · Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 1:42 pm Post subject:

Back to the origonal question:

Did the change API stuff work?

If not, try the code below.

vtol · Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 10:44 pm Post subject:

Naa, the below never helped a bit, but I really appreciate that, and sorry I interupted your post so rudly Embarassed