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Subj : Re: Hints in status bar
To   : borland.public.cpp.borlandcpp
From :  Bruce Salzman
Date : Sun Dec 12 2004 08:53 pm

> In a  TGadgetWindow, as with menu items, hints are displayed in the 
> status
> line at the bottom of the main window.  However, most Windows 
> programs
> display the hints right below each icon.  The only way I know how to 
> do that
> with Borland C++ 5.02 OWL is to have the control also in a Windows 
> menu item
> in which case the hint is generated from the text in the menu item. 
> How do
> I generate a hint right below the icon if the control for the icon 
> is not in
> in a menu item?

Try this:
create a string resource with the same command number as your button

STRINGTABLE
{
 CM_MY_APP_BUTTON, "Something\nHint text"
}

and see if you get a hint for your button.

Regards,
Bruce

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