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Should have mentioned:-  C++Builder2007 on Windows Vista.

"Michael Corby" <mcorby@indigo.ie> wrote in message 
news:487cc7ee$1@newsgroups.borland.com...
>
> Tooltips that are working fine in BDS2006 are not showing in 
> C++Builder2007.
>
> Below are relevant code snippets:-
>
>
> HWND hWndTipAlpha;
> TOOLINFO tiAlpha;
>
> //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> __fastcall TwMaintRegNewMod::TwMaintRegNewMod(TComponent* Owner) : 
> TForm(Owner)
> {
> AssignBalloonTip(hWndTipAlpha, tiAlpha, eAlphaCode, "Invalid Character",
>          "You can only type an alphabetic character here",
>          TTI_ERROR, TTF_ABSOLUTE | TTF_IDISHWND | TTF_SUBCLASS | TTF_TRACK 
> | TTF_TRANSPARENT,
>          (TColor)clCream, (TColor)clBlack);
>
> }
> //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> The code below is in a KeyPress event:-
>
>
>       if (hWndTipAlpha)
>       {
>        // Set the position of the Editbox tooltip
>        // If the form moves, the co-ordinates are still valid
>        TPoint pSrcCo, pTipCo;
>        pSrcCo = Point((eAlphaCode->Left + (eAlphaCode->Width/2)),
>                (eAlphaCode->Top + eAlphaCode->Height));
>        pTipCo = ClientToScreen(pSrcCo);
>        SendMessage(hWndTipAlpha, TTM_TRACKPOSITION, 0,
>              (LPARAM)MAKELONG(pTipCo.x, pTipCo.y));
>        SetWindowPos(hWndTipAlpha, HWND_TOPMOST, 0, 0, 0, 0,
>               SWP_NOACTIVATE | SWP_NOSIZE | SWP_NOMOVE);
>
>        SendMessage(hWndTipAlpha,(UINT)TTM_TRACKACTIVATE, TRUE,
>              (LPARAM)(LPTOOLINFO)&tiAlpha);
>        SetWindowPos(hWndTipAlpha, HWND_TOPMOST, 0, 0, 0, 0,
>               SWP_NOSIZE | SWP_NOMOVE);
>        eAlphaCode->SetFocus();
>       }
>
>
> Are any code changes required ?
>
> Help appreciated.
>
> Michael Corby
>
>
>
>