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"Anders Johansen" <home@dduck.dk> wrote in message
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> I wonder if it is possible to disable hints on the "close",
> "minimize" etc. buttons in the title bar of my app's window.

Doubtful.  Those buttons are created by, and controlled by, the OS itself,
not the application.


Gambit

Anders Johansen wrote:

>I wonder if it is possible to disable hints on the "close", "minimize" etc. buttons
>in the title bar of my app's window. 

Is this a VCL application?
Do you want any hints in your application?
Can you turn off hints for the form(s)?
And just turn on hints for the items you want hinted?

Bob Gonder <notbg@notmindspring.invalid> wrote:
>Anders Johansen wrote:
>
>>I wonder if it is possible to disable hints on the "close", "minimize" etc. buttons
>>in the title bar of my app's window. 
>
>Is this a VCL application?
>Do you want any hints in your application?
>Can you turn off hints for the form(s)?
>And just turn on hints for the items you want hinted?

Well, as Gambit comments I am talking abut the OS-managed buttons (maximize,
minimize, close), and I fear he might be correct that one can't get rid
of them :(

I'd love to be proven wrong though...

A

Anders Johansen wrote:

>Well, as Gambit comments I am talking abut the OS-managed buttons (maximize,
>minimize, close), and I fear he might be correct that one can't get rid
>of them :(
>
>I'd love to be proven wrong though...

Do all applications (not just yours) on your computer have those
hints? None on mine do.

"Anders Johansen" <home@dduck.dk> a �crit dans le message de news: 
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>
> I wonder if it is possible to disable hints on the "close", "minimize" 
> etc. buttons
> in the title bar of my app's window.
>

With OWL and OwlNext, you can do that by overriding EvNCHitTest

See http://personal.sirma.bg/Jogy/bcerrwow.html
Its a example of code that desable the tooltips for the system buttons.

-- 
Regis St-Gelais
www.laubrass.com 

"Regis St-Gelais" <regis.st-gelais@NOSPAMlaubrass.com> wrote in message
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> With OWL and OwlNext, you can do that by overriding EvNCHitTest

The equivilent in Win32 VCL would be to intercept the WM_NCHITTEST,
WM_NCLBUTTONUP, and WM_NCLBUTTONDOWN messages, ie:

    private:
        bool hitOK;
        int iLastHit;
        TPoint tpSave;

    void __fastcall TForm1::WndProc(TMessage &Message)
    {
        switch( Message.Msg )
        {
            case WM_NCHITTEST:
            {
                TForm::WndProc(Message);
                if( !hitOK )
                {
                    iLastHit = Message.Result;
                    tpSave = Point(LOWORD(Message.LParam),
HIWORD(Message.LParam));

                    if( (Message.Result == HTMAXBUTTON) || (Message.Result
== HTMINBUTTON) || (Message.Result == HTCLOSE) )
                    {
                        Message.Result = 32;
                        // 32 is a value that is not normally
                        // supported by Windows (0-21 are Windows values)
                        // Using it prevents the Windows tooltips from
displaying
                    }
                }
                break;
            }

            case WM_NCLBUTTONUP:
            {
                if( Message.WParam == 32 ) // If we hit one of the system
menu button
                {
                    //  We have been trapping hit test return values,
                    //  but now we need to activate one of the system menu
button
                    //  So, resend the last sequence of messages with hitOK
set to true
                    //  so the messages are processed normally
                    hitOK = true;
                    LPARAM lP = MAKELPARAM(tpSave.x, tpSave.y);
                    Perform(WM_NCHITTEST, 0, lP);
                    Perform(WM_NCMOUSEMOVE, iLastHit, lP);
                    Perform(WM_NCLBUTTONUP, iLastHit, lP);
                    hitOK = false;
                }
                else // Process normaly
                    TForm::WndProc(Message);

                break;
            }

            case WM_NCLBUTTONDOWN:
            {
                if( Message.WParam == 32) // If we hit one of the system
menu button
                {
                    //  We have been trapping hit test return values,
                    //  but now we need to activate one of the system menu
button
                    //  So, resend the last sequence of messages with hitOK
set to true
                    //  so the messages are processed normally
                    hitOK = true;
                    LPARAM lP = MAKELPARAM(tpSave.x, tpSave.y);
                    Perform(WM_NCHITTEST, 0, lP);
                    Perform(WM_NCMOUSEMOVE, iLastHit, lP);
                    PostMessage(Handle, WM_NCLBUTTONDOWN, iLastHit, lP);
                    hitOK = false;
                }
                else // Process normaly
                    TForm::WndProc(Message);

                break;
            }

            default:
            {
                TForm::WndProc(Message);
                break;
            }
        }
    }


Gambit

"Remy Lebeau \(TeamB\)" <no.spam@no.spam.com> wrote:
>
>"Regis St-Gelais" <regis.st-gelais@NOSPAMlaubrass.com> wrote in message
>news:441ea195@newsgroups.borland.com...
>
>> With OWL and OwlNext, you can do that by overriding EvNCHitTest
>
>The equivilent in Win32 VCL would be to intercept the WM_NCHITTEST,
>WM_NCLBUTTONUP, and WM_NCLBUTTONDOWN messages, ie:
>

Hi Gambit,

Once again you saved the day! I am continually astounded by your
capacity to pull this kind of thing off <:O

Sincerely,
  Anders