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Re: Popups

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From: Bob Piskac
Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2006 14:06
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I use CPPBuilder V5.0 but I don't use VCL.  That's why I posted the 
question here and not in the VCL forum.  I will look at the VCL source 
code and see if I can convert it to plain C.  Thank you for the help.


Remy Lebeau (TeamB) wrote:
> "Bob Piskac" <bob@pbsoftware.com> wrote in message
> news:4522b4fb$1@newsgroups.borland.com...
> 
>> I need to support popup windows like I see in a treeview when
>> I cannot see the entire line.
> 
> Those are called hint windows.
> 
>> Does the Win32 api already have this support for XP?
> 
> Yes.  The VCL has a THintWindow class that you can use to display your own
> arbitrary hint messages anywhere on the screen.
> 
> 
> Gambit
> 
> 
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