OpenEuphoria

Re: Tool tips & win32lib

• Posted by euman at bellsouth.net Mar 28, 2002
• 502 views

Heres a shot in the dark,

I actually wrote this in my emailerso dont expect too much.

Completely untested code...beware!

integer xGetTextExtentPoint32 
xGetTextExtentPoint32 = define_c_proc(gdi32, "GetTextExtentPoint32",
        {C_LONG, C_POINTER, C_INT, C_POINTER})

constant -- tagSIZE 
   tagSIZE_x = 0,
   tagSIZE_y = 4

tagSize = allocate(8)

sequence str
str = " --type your text here "

str_len = length(str)
pstr = allocate_string(str)

hdc = GetDC(hwnd)
c_proc(xGetTextExtentPoint32,{hdc, pstr, str_len, tagSize})
ReleaseDC(hwnd, hdc) 

integer str_width
str_width = peek4u(tagSize + 4)

-- You do the math on this! you could even get real fancy and have euphoria
-- look for a  '32' whitespace closes to your estimated largest width and
-- set the width there but this is up to you.

integer tip_width
if str_width > 50 and str_width < 100 then
   tip_width = 100
end if

object junk
junk=sendMessage(tooltipControl, TTM_SETMAXTIPWIDTH, 0, tip_width)


Euman
euman at bellsouth.net