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Tips - Control #193702 24/01/08 12:47 PM
Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 4 M misterilla OP Self-satisified door
OP misterilla Self-satisified door M Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 4	hi does anyone know which control is used by mirc to display those systray tips ? or is it some custom control ? could use that in some projects. i like the way they get cascaded when there are more than 1 tips at a time thx in advance

Re: Tips - Control misterilla #193705 24/01/08 01:38 PM
Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 8,330 MA, USA Riamus2 Hoopy frood
Riamus2 Hoopy frood Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 8,330 MA, USA	/help $tip Note that you usually want to set it up as: /noop $tip(properties) That will prevent it from returning a value, which you usually don't want it to do. Invision Support #Invision on irc.irchighway.net

Re: Tips - Control Riamus2 #193714 24/01/08 03:16 PM
Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 4 M misterilla OP Self-satisified door
OP misterilla Self-satisified door M Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 4	i didnt want to know how to show tips.. i wanted to know which "control" khaled used to display it

Re: Tips - Control misterilla #193729 24/01/08 05:54 PM
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 2,962 Norwich, UK S starbucks_mafia Hoopy frood
starbucks_mafia Hoopy frood S Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 2,962 Norwich, UK	Using the Windows API you would use the Shell_NotifyIcon() function (see Using Tooltip Controls for examples). In .NET this is available as the System.Windows.Forms.NotifyIcon.ShowBalloonTip() method). Spelling mistakes, grammatical errors, and stupid comments are intentional.

Re: Tips - Control misterilla #193745 24/01/08 11:14 PM
Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 8,330 MA, USA Riamus2 Hoopy frood
Riamus2 Hoopy frood Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 8,330 MA, USA	Sorry, misunderstood your question. Invision Support #Invision on irc.irchighway.net

Re: Tips - Control misterilla #193748 25/01/08 12:07 AM
Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 871 The Netherlands Sat Hoopy frood
Sat Hoopy frood Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 871 The Netherlands	Yes, it's a completely custom control. mIRC uses the class name "mIRC_Tip" for it. mIRC does all the drawing, too. Saturn, QuakeNet staff

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