Article ID: 170383
Article Last Modified on 7/1/2004
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Visual FoxPro 5.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Visual FoxPro 5.0a
This article was previously published under Q170383
SUMMARY
This article shows how to get ToolTipText to appear if there is code in the MouseMove method.
MORE INFORMATION
In Visual FoxPro, command buttons and other objects on a form can have ToolTips displayed when the mouse pointer is placed over the object. If there is code in the MouseMove method of the object, the ToolTipText only shows very briefly, if at all, not allowing the ToolTip to be read.
To get the ToolTipText to display normally, issue the NODEFAULT keyword in the MouseMove method of the object whose ToolTip is not displaying properly.
Below is some sample code that creates a form with five command buttons. Place the code in a new program file and run it. When the mouse pointer is placed over a command button, the text on it turns red and the button receives focus. The text on the other command buttons is set back to black. Each command button also has text in the ToolTipText property.
Note that in the code below, the NODEFAULT keyword is commented out in the MouseMove method for command buttons Command1 and Command2. Uncomment the NODEFAULT keyword to have these two command buttons display their ToolTips like the other command buttons:
PUBLIC oform1
oform1=CREATEOBJECT("form1")
oform1.Show
RETURN
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*-- Form: form1
*-- ParentClass: form
*-- BaseClass: form
*
DEFINE CLASS form1 AS form
Top = 32
Left = 54
Height = 283
Width = 468
DoCreate = .T.
ShowTips = .T.
Caption = "ToolTip Form"
Name = "Form1"
ADD OBJECT command1 AS commandbutton WITH ;
Top = 72, ;
Left = 24, ;
Height = 27, ;
Width = 84, ;
Caption = "Command1", ;
ToolTipText = "This is Command 1", ;
Name = "Command1"
ADD OBJECT command2 AS commandbutton WITH ;
Top = 132, ;
Left = 24, ;
Height = 27, ;
Width = 84, ;
Caption = "Command2", ;
ToolTipText = "Hello", ;
Name = "Command2"
ADD OBJECT command3 AS commandbutton WITH ;
Top = 204, ;
Left = 24, ;
Height = 27, ;
Width = 84, ;
Caption = "Command3", ;
ToolTipText = "This is Command3", ;
Name = "Command3"
ADD OBJECT command4 AS commandbutton WITH ;
Top = 72, ;
Left = 216, ;
Height = 27, ;
Width = 84, ;
Caption = "Command4", ;
ToolTipText = "Goodbye", ;
Name = "Command4"
ADD OBJECT command5 AS commandbutton WITH ;
Top = 132, ;
Left = 216, ;
Height = 27, ;
Width = 84, ;
Caption = "Command5", ;
ToolTipText = "This is Command 5", ;
Name = "Command5"
PROCEDURE blackbuts
Thisform.SetAll("ForeColor",RGB(0,0,0),"CommandButton")
ENDPROC
PROCEDURE command1.MouseMove
LPARAMETERS nButton, nShift, nXCoord, nYCoord
*NODEFAULT
Thisform.BlackButs()
This.ForeColor=RGB(255,0,0)
This.SetFocus()
Thisform.Refresh()
ENDPROC
PROCEDURE command2.MouseMove
LPARAMETERS nButton, nShift, nXCoord, nYCoord
*NODEFAULT
Thisform.BlackButs()
This.ForeColor=RGB(255,0,0)
This.SetFocus()
ENDPROC
PROCEDURE command3.MouseMove
LPARAMETERS nButton, nShift, nXCoord, nYCoord
NODEFAULT
Thisform.BlackButs()
This.ForeColor=RGB(255,0,0)
This.SetFocus()
ENDPROC
PROCEDURE command4.MouseMove
LPARAMETERS nButton, nShift, nXCoord, nYCoord
NODEFAULT
Thisform.BlackButs()
This.ForeColor=RGB(255,0,0)
This.SetFocus()
Thisform.Refresh()
ENDPROC
PROCEDURE command5.MouseMove
LPARAMETERS nButton, nShift, nXCoord, nYCoord
NODEFAULT
Thisform.BlackButs()
This.ForeColor=RGB(255,0,0)
This.SetFocus()
Thisform.Refresh()
ENDPROC
ENDDEFINE
*
*-- EndDefine: form1
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