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1 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2 // Name: msw/tooltip.h
3 // Purpose: wxToolTip class - tooltip control
4 // Author: Vadim Zeitlin
5 // Modified by:
6 // Created: 31.01.99
7 // RCS-ID: $Id$
8 // Copyright: (c) 1999 Robert Roebling, Vadim Zeitlin
9 // Licence: wxWindows licence
10 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
11
12 #ifndef _WX_MSW_TOOLTIP_H_
13 #define _WX_MSW_TOOLTIP_H_
14
15 #include "wx/object.h"
16
17 class WXDLLEXPORT wxToolTip : public wxObject
18 {
19 public:
20 // ctor & dtor
21 wxToolTip(const wxString &tip);
22 virtual ~wxToolTip();
23
24 // accessors
25 // tip text
26 void SetTip(const wxString& tip);
27 const wxString& GetTip() const { return m_text; }
28
29 // the window we're associated with
30 void SetWindow(wxWindow *win);
31 wxWindow *GetWindow() const { return m_window; }
32
33 // controlling tooltip behaviour: globally change tooltip parameters
34 // enable or disable the tooltips globally
35 static void Enable(bool flag);
36 // set the delay after which the tooltip appears
37 static void SetDelay(long milliseconds);
38
39 // implementation only from now on
40 // -------------------------------
41
42 // should be called in responde to WM_MOUSEMOVE
43 static void RelayEvent(WXMSG *msg);
44
45 // add a window to the tooltip control
46 void Add(WXHWND hwnd);
47
48 // remove any tooltip from the window
49 static void Remove(WXHWND hwnd);
50
51 private:
52 // the one and only one tooltip control we use - never access it directly
53 // but use GetToolTipCtrl() which will create it when needed
54 static WXHWND ms_hwndTT;
55
56 // create the tooltip ctrl if it doesn't exist yet and return its HWND
57 static WXHWND GetToolTipCtrl();
58
59 // remove this tooltip from the tooltip control
60 void Remove();
61
62 wxString m_text; // tooltip text
63 wxWindow *m_window; // window we're associated with
64
65 DECLARE_ABSTRACT_CLASS(wxToolTip)
66 DECLARE_NO_COPY_CLASS(wxToolTip)
67 };
68
69 #endif // _WX_MSW_TOOLTIP_H_