Hi;

Is there a url somewhere that shows how to popup one of those little bubble
windows with a pointer to one of my controls?

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Hi Dave,

Based on my understanding, you'd like to popup a little bubble window with
a pointer to a control on a form, when you rest your pointer on the
control. If I'm off base, please feel free to let me know.

.NET 2.0 has provided ToolTip component, which can be configured to have
such an appearance. We need to set the IsBalloon property to true and then
set the tool tip text for the control.

Hope this helps.


Sincerely,
Linda Liu
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Hi;

I wasn't clear enough. What I want is like the bubble that pops up when you
need to authenticate your copy of windows after installing it. The mouse is
not over it and it pops up a rounded rectangle with an edge that is a
triangle pointing to the control. In the upper right it has an X box to close
it.

It is poped up to remind the user about it even if they have never moved the
mouse near it.

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"Linda Liu [MSFT]" wrote:

> Hi Dave,
>
> Based on my understanding, you'd like to popup a little bubble window with
> a pointer to a control on a form, when you rest your pointer on the
> control. If I'm off base, please feel free to let me know.
>
> .NET 2.0 has provided ToolTip component, which can be configured to have
> such an appearance. We need to set the IsBalloon property to true and then
> set the tool tip text for the control.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
>
> Sincerely,
> Linda Liu
> Microsoft Online Community Support
>
> ==================================================
> Get notification to my posts through email? Please refer to
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/subscripti...ult.aspx#notif
> ications.
>
> Note: The MSDN Managed Newsgroup support offering is for non-urgent issues
> where an initial response from the community or a Microsoft Support
> Engineer within 1 business day is acceptable. Please note that each follow
> up response may take approximately 2 business days as the support
> professional working with you may need further investigation to reach the
> most efficient resolution. The offering is not appropriate for situations
> that require urgent, real-time or phone-based interactions or complex
> project analysis and dump analysis issues. Issues of this nature are best
> handled working with a dedicated Microsoft Support Engineer by contacting
> Microsoft Customer Support Services (CSS) at
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/subscripti...t/default.aspx.
> ==================================================
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
>
>

On Sun, 31 Dec 2006 00:11:01 -0800, David Thielen wrote:

> Hi;
>
> I wasn't clear enough. What I want is like the bubble that pops up when you
> need to authenticate your copy of windows after installing it. The mouse is
> not over it and it pops up a rounded rectangle with an edge that is a
> triangle pointing to the control. In the upper right it has an X box to close
> it.
>
> It is poped up to remind the user about it even if they have never moved the
> mouse near it.

The NotifyIcon is what you're looking for ...
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Once you add a NotifyIcon to your application you can use the
NotifyIcon.ShowBalloonTip method to show the balloon tool tip.

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"Rad [Visual C# MVP]" wrote:

> On Sun, 31 Dec 2006 00:11:01 -0800, David Thielen wrote:
>
> > Hi;
> >
> > I wasn't clear enough. What I want is like the bubble that pops up when you
> > need to authenticate your copy of windows after installing it. The mouse is
> > not over it and it pops up a rounded rectangle with an edge that is a
> > triangle pointing to the control. In the upper right it has an X box to close
> > it.
> >
> > It is poped up to remind the user about it even if they have never moved the
> > mouse near it.
>
> The NotifyIcon is what you're looking for ...
> --
> Bits.Bytes
> http://bytes.thinkersroom.com
>

thank you.

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"Peter Ritchie [C# MVP]" wrote:

> Once you add a NotifyIcon to your application you can use the
> NotifyIcon.ShowBalloonTip method to show the balloon tool tip.
>
> --
> Browse http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/ and vote.
> http://www.peterRitchie.com/blog/
> Microsoft MVP, Visual Developer - Visual C#
>
>
> "Rad [Visual C# MVP]" wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 31 Dec 2006 00:11:01 -0800, David Thielen wrote:
> >
> > > Hi;
> > >
> > > I wasn't clear enough. What I want is like the bubble that pops up when you
> > > need to authenticate your copy of windows after installing it. The mouse is
> > > not over it and it pops up a rounded rectangle with an edge that is a
> > > triangle pointing to the control. In the upper right it has an X box to close
> > > it.
> > >
> > > It is poped up to remind the user about it even if they have never moved the
> > > mouse near it.
> >
> > The NotifyIcon is what you're looking for ...
> > --
> > Bits.Bytes
> > http://bytes.thinkersroom.com
> >