Hi Cubic,
you can view the form in text-mode (ALT+F12 in designer) and insert a #13
This is not an ideal solution, but it works.
object Button1: TButton
Left = 352
Top = 352
Width = 75
Height = 25
Hint = 'line1'#13'line2'
Caption = 'Button1'
TabOrder = 0
end
Erwin Haid
> -----Ursprungliche Nachricht-----
> Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Auftrag von CubicDesign
> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 28. Juni 2007 14:09
> An: Borland's Delphi Discussion List
> Betreff: Re: Help needed with RegisterPropertyEditor
>
>
>
> Hello Brendan.
>
> Users are lazy and they don't read the manual so I force them to learn
> something on the way, by setting detailed tool-tips to almost every
> single button I put on my applications.
> I also give then the chance to set the timings for tool-tips.
> It will be great a better THintWindow that will auto increase the 'stay
> on screen' time depending on the length of the hint/string. This way,
> the hint will stay longer on the screen, if it has more text to display.
>
> I also used the solution you suggested but only in few occasions since
> it can't be used heavily in a big project because the management of the
> tool tips (documentation) is difficult when you don't remember (at
> design time) if you set a hint or not for a specific VCL and if you
> don't see the hint unless to browse for it.
>
> Cubic
>
> __________________
>
>
> Brendan Blake wrote:
> > I've always written code to set the hints when they are sufficiently
> > long that they need to be split, for example:
> > Image1.Hint:='This is line 1 of the hint'+#13+' and this is line 2';
> >
> > It can be done in FormCreate, and I don't think there is any significant
> > performance disadvantage compared with using the property editor
> >
> > This way you can also have a dynamically created hint that is context
> > sensitive, depending on (for example) the mouse position.
> >
> > Brendan Blake.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> > Behalf Of CubicDesign
> > Sent: 27 June 2007 18:32
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: Help needed with RegisterPropertyEditor
> >
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