Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Tip of the Day #2: Customizing Hints (Balloons or No Balloons)
Section: Custom Settings
Supported Versions:
. R:BASE 7.6 (Build 7.6.2.31211 or higher) for Windows
. R:BASE (C/S:I) 7.6 (Build 7.6.2.31211 or higher) for Windows
. R:BASE Turbo (Build 7.6.2.31211 or higher) for Windows
Displaying hints on your custom-designed cool form, external
forms or even R:BASE Database Explorer can be very helpful for
the end user.
Until now, you had the option to set background color, font,
font style, font size, font effects, font color, and the time
(in milliseconds) to display and hide the hint. The entire hint
displays in a balloon.
What if your end-users don't like the hint embedded in balloon?
What about a balloon hint with an appropriate icon to display
the nature of the hint?
Did you know that you can now customize the hint settings to
display hints with or without a balloon along with the option
to use appropriate icon when used with balloon.
Here's how:
01. Start R:BASE 7.6, C/S:I 7.6 for Turbo V-8 for Windows
02. Customize Hint Settings
Database Explorer|Main Menu|Settings|Hint Settings...
Notice the following options for Hint Settings:
http://www.rbase.com/rbg76/HintSettings01.jpg
http://www.rbase.com/rbg76/HintSettings02.jpg
. Background Color and Font
. Hide Pause (ms): nnnn (default 5000)
. Hint Pause (ms): nnnn (default 0)
. Short Pause (ms): nnn (default 500)
. [ ] Show Balloon
Display Icon:
. None (default)
. Application
. Error
. Information
. Question
. Warning
03. If you wish to not use the balloon for hints, simply
un-check the option for Show Balloon.
04. If you wish to use the balloon with no icon:
. Check the option for Show Balloon
. Select None from the list of available Display Icons
05. If you wish to use the balloon with icon:
. Check the option for Show Balloon
. Select one of the following icons from the list of
available Display Icons:
. Application
. Error
. Information
. Question
. Warning
06. Click on [OK] button to save Hint Settings
These hint settings will be saved for this workstation.
Enjoy and make sure to have fun customizing hints!
Very Best R:egards,
Razzak.
