Hello CubicDesign,
Thanks for the reply. I am actually hoping that it'll look much
better than a TMemo, and it's a form by itself so that it can go
beyond the border of the main form, when the control is close
to the border...
Jack
Friday, August 3, 2007, 1:02:14 PM, you wrote:
> I think you can do that by yourself.
> You need a TMemo to display the text.
> In the OnClick event you make: Memo.Visible:= False;
> You can auto size it according with the text length by using something
> like this:
> Memo.Width:= Memo.Canvas.TextWidth('My text'); { I took this
> from a program, you must adjust it to suit your needs. }
> I think you can do it in less than 50 lines of code.
> JLIST wrote:
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I'm planning on placing a small TSpeedButton with a question mark
>> beside a label, which is supposed to display a small tip window
>> explain the content of this label when clicked. This way it's more
>> obvious to the user than a tooltip. I wonder if anyone know of
>> a good tip/message box control that looks good, hide itself when
>> clicked on (and after a timeout), adjust size according to the
>> content, and works on Vista and XP, and is free :) ?
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