listbox control and tooltiptext

Hi,
is it possible to display the tooltip of an item in a list box without selecting the item, ie. hovering above the item?

Thanks.

Look at This Thread


If you can't figure out how to apply it to what you want, post again and i'll explain it.

No, thats not what I'm looking for. It doesnt help. I need to use the MouseMove event or something similar.

anyone else?

VB Code:

Private Type POINTAPI
    x As Long
    y As Long
End Type
 
Private Type RECT
        Left As Long
        Top As Long
        Right As Long
        Bottom As Long
End Type
 
Private Declare Function GetCursorPos Lib "user32" (lpPoint As POINTAPI) As Long
Private Declare Function ScreenToClient Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Long, lpPoint As POINTAPI) As Long
Private Declare Function ClientToScreen Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Long, lpPoint As POINTAPI) As Long
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 Declare Function WindowFromPoint Lib "user32" (ByVal xPoint As Long, ByVal yPoint As Long) As Long
 
Private Const LB_GETITEMRECT = &H198
Private Const LB_ITEMFROMPOINT = &H1A9
 
 
Public Function ItemFromPoint(ByRef oList As ListBox, ByVal x As Single, ByVal y As Single) As Long
    Dim tPOINT As POINTAPI
    Dim iIndex As Long
    'Get the Mouse Cursor Position
    Call GetCursorPos(tPOINT)
    'Convert the Coords to be Relative to the Listbox
    Call ScreenToClient(oList.hwnd, tPOINT)
    'Find which Item the Mouse is Over
    iIndex = SendMessage(oList.hwnd, LB_ITEMFROMPOINT, 0&, ByVal ((tPOINT.x And &HFF) Or (&H10000 * (tPOINT.y And &HFF))))
    'Extract the List Index
    ItemFromPoint = iIndex And &HFF
End Function
 
Private Sub Form_Load()
    Dim iIndex As Integer
       
    For iIndex = 1 To 100
        List1.AddItem iIndex & " blankdata " & iIndex
    Next
End Sub
 
Private Sub List1_MouseMove(Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, x As Single, y As Single)
    Dim iIndex As Long
    Static iLastIndex As Long
    
    iIndex = ItemFromPoint(List1, x, y)
    Me.List1.ToolTipText = Me.List1.List(iIndex)
End Sub

good luck
:cool:

Exactly.

Just what the thread I was pointing you to was doing.

:)

gotta learn to read between the lines.

Thanks tokersball!!

Dalceon, thanks for trying to help, but your thread was nothing like what tokersball placed.