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THintWindow

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Hint Window - the popup box containing helpful information that appears when the mouse pointer hovers over an object

Declaration

Source position: forms.pp line 716

type THintWindow = class(TCustomForm)

public

  constructor Create(); override;

  

  destructor Destroy; override;

  

  procedure ActivateHint(); virtual;

  

Allow the hint message to be displayed in the specified rectangular space

  procedure ActivateHintData(); virtual;

  

Allow the hint message to be displayed, with a pointer to further data

  function CalcHintRect(); virtual;

  

Work out the size of the rectangle required to display the specified hint message

  procedure ReleaseHandle;

  

Release the handle for the hint message and return it to the system

  procedure Paint; override;

  

The default paint handler for the class

  function GetControlClassDefaultSize; override;

  

Find the default size for this class of controls (by reference to parents)

  property AutoHide: Boolean; [rw]

  

Does the hint disappear (get hidden) after a while?

  property HideInterval: Integer; [rw]

  

The time after which the displayed hint disappears

end;

Inheritance

THintWindow

  

Hint Window - the popup box containing helpful information that appears when the mouse pointer hovers over an object

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TCustomForm

  

TCustomForm - the base type for TForm

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TScrollingWinControl

  

TScrollingWinControl - a class of Window Contrl that has one or more scroll bars

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TCustomControl

  

TCustomControl - a base class for many window controls

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TWinControl

  

TWinControl - the base class for all windowed controls

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TControl

  

TControl - the main ancestor class for visual controls.

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TLCLComponent

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TObject