On 19/10/01 1:20 am, David Beck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm trying to put a online help feature into a project I'm working on. I'm > gonna have a floating palette that updates with a little help blurb about > whatever control the mouse is over at the time. I was gonna just trap the > MouseEnter message and check to see if the target had cHelpBlurb property > and if so, display the help blurb in the floating palette. HOWEVER, when a > control is disabled it doesn't send the MouseEnter message or any other > messages that I could use to display the help blurb. So my question is: How > do I update the help blurb for disabled controls? > > Dave > > ps. the mouseControl function does not return a value if the control that > the mouse is over is disabled.
This is a feature - these controls don't get messages when you move the mouse over them if they are disabled. You'll either need to have the object enabled, or place another object in that area which is transparent but gets messages - i.e. is not disabled. Regards, Kevin Kevin Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.runrev.com/> Runtime Revolution Limited - Power to the Developer! Tel: +44 (0)131 718 4333. Fax: +44 (0)1639 830 707.
