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Implementing tooltips for a modal dialog’s controls is pretty easy.
Just add the following code to your dialog’s OnInitDialog
function and implement PreTranslateMessage.
Changes to header files
private:
HICON m_hIcon;
CToolTipCtrl m_tool;
Add to implementation file
void CToolTipDlg::OnInitDialog()
{
// Create tooltip object
m_tool.Create(this);// Add tooltip to the control
m_tool.AddTool(GetDlgItem(Dialog control ID here),tooltip as string);// TRUE to show tooltips,FALSE to disable tooltips
m_tool.Activate(TRUE);
}
Using ClassWizard, implement the PreTranslateMessage member function and modify it as follows.
void CToolTipDlg::PreTranslateMessage(MSG* pMsg)
{
m_tool.RelayEvent(pMsg);
}
That’s it! You now have tooltips on the controls!
Date Last Updated: February 1, 1999
