Thanks. This is a brilliant idea. I will use a property editor from now on but I will manually adjust/reformat the existing text using your idea.
Thanks again. Erwin Haid wrote: > 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 >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Delphi mailing list -> [email protected] >> http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi >> > > _______________________________________________ > Delphi mailing list -> [email protected] > http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi > > _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list -> [email protected] http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi
