- // version 4.70 of comctl32.dll and if we compile on a newer machine
- // but run on one with the old version of comctl32, nothing will work
- // because the library will detect that we rely on a more recent
- // version of it. So we always use the old size - if we ever start
- // using our lParam member, we'd have to check for comctl32 version
- // during run-time
-#if _WIN32_IE >= 0x0300
- cbSize = sizeof(TOOLINFO) - sizeof(LPARAM);
-#else // old headers
- cbSize = sizeof(TOOLINFO);
-#endif // compile-time comctl32.dll version
-
- uFlags = TTF_IDISHWND;
- uId = (UINT)hwnd;
+ // version 4.70 of comctl32.dll and another one in 5.01 but we don't
+ // use these extended fields so use the old struct size to ensure that
+ // the tooltips work on old (Windows 95) systems too
+ cbSize = TTTOOLINFO_V1_SIZE;
+
+ hwnd = hwndOwner;
+
+ if (rc.IsEmpty())
+ {
+ uFlags = TTF_IDISHWND;
+ uId = (UINT_PTR)hwndOwner;
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ // this tooltip must be shown only if the mouse hovers a specific rect
+ // of the hwnd parameter!
+ rect.left = rc.GetLeft();
+ rect.right = rc.GetRight();
+ rect.top = rc.GetTop();
+ rect.bottom = rc.GetBottom();
+
+ // note that not setting TTF_IDISHWND from the uFlags member means that the
+ // ti.uId field should not contain the HWND but rather as MSDN says an
+ // "Application-defined identifier of the tool"; this is used internally by
+ // Windows to distinguish the different tooltips attached to the same window
+ uId = id;
+ }
+
+ // we use TTF_TRANSPARENT to fix a problem which arises at least with
+ // the text controls but may presumably happen with other controls
+ // which display the tooltip at mouse position: it can start flashing
+ // then as the control gets "focus lost" events and dismisses the
+ // tooltip which then reappears because mouse remains hovering over the
+ // control, see SF patch 1821229
+ if ( wxApp::GetComCtl32Version() >= 470 )
+ {
+ uFlags |= TTF_TRANSPARENT;
+ }