I need a help with tooltip

[qaisbyte]

I have a tooltip I want to show it while I am typing on a textbox. Is it possible to show tooltip without mouse over?

[si_the_geek]

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It may be possible, but it would be harder than doing something else instead. What I would recommend is using a Label (set to the ToolTip colours), which you simply show/hide as apt, eg:

Private Sub Text1_GotFocus()
  Label1.Visible = True
End Sub

Private Sub Text1_LostFocus()
  Label1.Visible = False
End Sub

[qaisbyte]

Fist thanks a lot for you reply. But I wanted it to be tooltip coz I have a nice tooltip and it might be over other controls. Who Knows?

[DigiRev]

This is one of the worst ways to do it I'm sure. But it may work good enough for you. The ideal way would be to use a class module with CreateWindow() API function (and a lot more APIs) but this is a quick/dirty solution.

Run the example in VB and type in the TextBox.

You could also pretty easily add other effects like a drop shadow or something, but you may want to search for "custom tooltip" on www.pscode.com/vb there are some good ones.

[qaisbyte]

Thanks a lot DigiRev.

[DigiRev]

You're welcome