OpenEuphoria

Re: Where do I call setHint for statusbar?

• Posted by Andrew Katz <Akatz712 at gmail.com> Mar 15, 2007
• 570 views

Derek Parnell wrote:
> 
> Andrew Katz wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > Still does not work.
> 
> I assume by that statement you mean that when the program you submitted runs,
> it doesn't crash but it doesn't show the tool tips either?
> 
> Here is the test program with 'corrections'...
> }}}
<eucode>
> ----------------
> constant TheProgramType="exw"
> 
> include Win32lib.ew
> without warning
> 
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> --  Window Window1
> constant Window1 = createEx( Window, "Window1", 0, Default, Default, 400, 300,
> 0, 0 )
> constant StatusBar2 = createEx( StatusBar, "StatusBar2", Window1, 0, 0, 0, 0,
> SBT_TOOLTIPS, 0 )
> ---------------------------------------------------------
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> constant field1 = 1
> constant field2 = 2
> setSubFields (StatusBar2,{{200},-1})
> showMessage( {"1st subField (plus text to make it very very long)",
> {StatusBar2,field1}} )
> showMessage( {"2nd subField (plus text to make it very very long)",
> {StatusBar2,field2}} )
> setHint ( {StatusBar2,field1-1},"Content of field1" )
> setHint ( {StatusBar2,field2-1},"Content of field2" )
> 
> 
> WinMain( Window1,Normal )
> ----------------
> </eucode>
{{{

> 
> The first problem is that you didn't specify SBT_TOOLTIPS in the Statusbar's
> Flags parameter.
> 
> The second problem is that because the text in the panels can completely fit
> into the panel areas specified, Windows does not show any tool tips.
> 
> The third problem is that you set the text of the panel after setting the
> hint.
> Setting the text of a panelled statusbar automatically resets the hint to the
> panel text. (That might be considered a mistake by me, so I'll consider
> changing
> this behaviour).
> 
> -- 
> Derek Parnell
> Melbourne, Australia
> Skype name: derek.j.parnell

I see a problem with how we interpret tool tips. Ideally, both the text in a
status bar subfield and its tool tip should be dynamic. I mean, that the 
program should be able to change either one at any time. In my program, the
hints stay the same (it is my help mechanism).

Even though I do not need this for my program, but I noticed that in the
browser firefox, the status bar seems to have controls inside of the
subfields. So maybe those are the ones generating the tool tips.

Has anyone successfully written an application using the Euphoria IDE and
windows library, with controls inside of subfields of a status bar?

Andy Katz