So called "Infotips"

**Jop** · Jul 16th, 2000, 08:18 AM

Hi everyone,
I'm here again with a question

I want to make the so called "infotips" (the one's that Winzip 8 uses, in explorer when you hover over a .zip file, it displays "5 files in zip archive"), I was wondering how they made these things.
I've looked in the registry but I can't find anything but some strange characters.

I've found an example @ Edanmo's VB Page (http://www.domaindlx.com/e_morcillo/), GREAT page, but I can't get the example to work (http://www.domaindlx.com/e_morcillo/scripts/cod/shlext.asp, look at infotips)

I registered *both* the DLL & TLB, but nothing happens when starting the prog... there's an .inf file with some registry entries but I'm not sure if they're important.

Would somebody please help me or give me another example? I really need those things

thanks,

**Jop** · Jul 16th, 2000, 08:46 PM

*please* I really need this

Anybody please help me

**Jop** · Jul 17th, 2000, 09:57 AM

nobody has a clue? strange

please check what I mean at http://www.domaindlx.com/e_morcillo/...cod/shlext.asp
at the Infotips section...
please people I need help

Thanks again and sorry for posting so often, but I need it

**BoB** · Jul 17th, 2000, 10:23 AM

hey that info tip this is a source file download it and it has all the soucrce you need ok im look at it now an dit look ok let me see again , hold on l yeah it has comments and stuff ok download it and se if it helps you and if not then ill see if i can make a helpf ile for you can do it ok

**gfk** · Jul 17th, 2000, 10:30 AM

Ah, I see. You're after a way of introducing multi-line tooltips, which sadly, is an avenue which has been very well trodden on the VB forum and has few answers at the end of it.

I asked for exactly the same thing a couple of months ago, and nobody knew how to do it. All I could find was a couple of shoddy and/or unimpressive alternatives.

**Jop** · Jul 17th, 2000, 10:39 AM

Gfk, no I'm not trying to introduce a multiline tooltip, I want a tooltip to dislpay in explorer when I hover over a file with for example the extension VBP and then display some cool info related to the file in a tooltip.

But hey, if you want to make multilined tooltips I got a great example for you!!

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/vbfrood/engl...s/tooltips.htm

That'll help!
Have fun and BoB, I know it has source and comments, but I can't get it to work

But I'm waiting for your answer.

I'm happy I got at least some reply

**BoB** · Jul 17th, 2000, 10:42 AM

hey i didnt get it to work ether but just download that one shall dll and it should work . and then if it dont ill look into makeing a example ok , e-mail me or icq me

**charliecatney** · Jul 17th, 2000, 10:48 AM

Why not email
the support address for the page you saw it on. After all it is a VB page.
I got the address for you.

[email protected]

I hope he checks his email frequently.

Good Luck

Charlie

**Jop** · Jul 17th, 2000, 11:28 AM

hehe he didn't

I mailed him 3 days ago

But maybe he's busy or on vacation so I'll be patient (damn that's hard

)

**Jop** · Jul 19th, 2000, 03:44 PM

Just want to bring up the post one more time (sorry folks, this is the last time

) because I think someone can help me.
Kedaman/Megatron/Alltheothers...
Because I think it's not so hard.
Maybe anyone with Win2k can test it? I'm running 98

Thanks and sorry for the peeps who didn't want to see this post *ever* again

http://www.domaindlx.com/e_morcillo/...cod/shlext.asp

^^ Here you can find the stuff I've been talking about,
look at infotips

**kedaman** · Jul 19th, 2000, 05:52 PM

Well, I just did this; I downloaded it, the typelib too

installed the inf (right click the inf file and select install)

then move the cursor over a vb project file, and wow!

**Jop** · Jul 19th, 2000, 05:58 PM

hehe thanx mate

i already wondered why the INF was there
hehe

I knew you could do it

Thanks again for your help

Jop

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