BalloonTip is a class that allows you to display tooltips in a balloon style window (actually a frame), similarly to the Windows XP balloon help. There is also an arrow that points to the center of the control designed as a "target" for the BalloonTip.
What it can do:
- set the balloon shape as a rectangle or a rounded rectangle
- set an icon to the top-left of the balloontip frame
- set a title at the top of the balloontip frame
- automatic "best" placement of balloontip frame depending on the target control/window position
- runtime customization of title/tip fonts and foreground colours
- runtime change of balloontip frame shape
- set the balloon background colour
- possibility to set the delay after which the balloontip is displayed
- three different behaviors for the balloontip window (regardless the delay destruction time set):
- destroy by leave: the balloontip is destroyed when the mouse leaves the target control/window
- destroy by click: the balloontip is destroyed when you click on any area of the target control/window
- destroy by button: the balloontip is destroyed when you click on the top*right close button
- possibility to enable/disable globally the balloontip on you application
- set the balloontip also for the taskbaricon (revised 7 september 2005)
Downloads, screenshots, demo and more info can be found at:
http://xoomer.virgilio.it/infinity77/eng/freeware.html#balloontip
OR:
http://sigmacore.net/andrea/?page_id=2
Andrea.