Re: Urgent: Need help with Highlightable Components

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From: Paul Furbacher
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 00:00

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Cody Mutchler wrote:
> 
> ... I need to find a class, method, or code to give my program the
> ability to allow a small bow with text describing that component or
> object that the mouse is positioned over.  I dont know what this action
> is called, but most programs utilize this. ...

These are called tooltips.  If you are using JBuilder 2, and you
use components which are derived from Swing's JComponent, you
have access to tooltips.  You simply provide the string to 
be displayed.

Paul Furbacher

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Date: 1998/08/16
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