Mouse Over Tool Tip Text

[venkatraman_r]

Hi,

Recently, I saw a message explaining how to get the tool tip text for a list box item without selecting it. Like what Microsoft had done it in VB Books on line. Can anyone please let me know where it is?

Thanx.

Venkat.

[Serge]

Sure thing. Put this on Listbox MouseMove event:

Private Declare Function SendMessage Lib "user32" Alias "SendMessageA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal wMsg As Long, ByVal wParam As Long, lParam As Any) As Long
Private Const LB_GETITEMHEIGHT = &H1A1


Private Sub List1_MouseMove(Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, X As Single, Y As Single)
    Dim intItemIndex As Integer
    Dim strItem As String
    Dim lngItemHeight As Long
    
    'Get the height og the item in the list
    lngItemHeight = SendMessage(List1.hwnd, LB_GETITEMHEIGHT, 0, 0)
    'Get the index of the item your mouse is over
    intItemIndex = List1.TopIndex + (Y \ (lngItemHeight * Screen.TwipsPerPixelY))
    If intItemIndex > List1.ListCount - 1 Then Exit Sub
    strItem = List1.List(intItemIndex)
    List1.ToolTipText = strItem
End Sub

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[This message has been edited by Serge (edited 12-02-1999).]