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Subject: Re: helptag
From: Barrie Jones <barrie at spamcop dot net>
Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 12:01:13 -0400
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Emile
Are you saying that you don't agree with putting the helpTags in the mouseOver event? They work very well in my app, no slower than using the properties panel and I have a menu option that turns them on or off. If you see a problem with this I will be interested to hear about it.
Barrie
On Oct 25, 2004, at 5:47 AM, Emile Schwarz wrote:

Hi,

I do not agree.

If the HelpTag annoy you, putting them in the MouveOver event or set them at design time gives an equal result.

The initial idea (à la Balloon Help) was the good way, but HelpTag is not implemented that way.

"Unfortunately", every time - for my own use - that I set strings in HelpTag, the text annoy me and I send the Mouse out of the window area.

The other expressed idea is nice, but can take some times to move the strings from the objects to their MouseOver event with a global Boolean test - isHelpTag As Boolean (set by a MenuItem to show or hide the HelpTag) - and assign the string to display (isHelpTag True) or an empty string (isHelpTag = False)


Cheers,

Emile

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Subject: Re: helptag
From: Barrie Jones <barrie at spamcop dot net>
Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2004 12:48:57 -0400
No they don't change but it would be nice to let the user turn them off when they are no longer needed. This can be done by putting the helptag code in the mouseOver event and controlling them from a menu or prefs file. As Joe said, the properties window is a good place to start, but for ultimate control, I think it best to only put the help tag in the mouseOver event.

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