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Popup message in GUI for mouse-hovering

Mallikarjun032

Hi,

Please let me know the function to be used to display a popup message on mouse-hovering over a field in a GUI window.

Thanks,

Mallikarjun

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  • skillUser

    Hi Mallikarjun,

    These are two quite different things. The hover-over pop-up is a tooltip which you can specify for the various form fields, toolbar buttons, and menu items - look up hiToolTip in the documentation and you should be able to see how it is done.  Example from the docs:

    myStringField=hiCreateStringField(?name 'myStringField)
    hiFormHandle->myStringField->hiToolTip="description for myStringField"

    For a toolbar or menu item:

    hiCreateAction(
    ?name s_name
    [ ?callback t_callback ]
    [ ?icon g_icon ]
    [ ?iconText t_iconText ]
    [ ?toolTip t_tooltip ]
    [     ?enabled g_enabled ]
    [ ?checkable g_checkable ]
    [ ?checked g_checked ]
    [ ?defAction g_defaultAction ]
    [ ?actionList l_actionList ]
    [ ?statusTip t_statusTip ]
    [ ?useNameForIconText g_useNameForIconText ]
    )
    => o_action


    Description

    Creates an action for a toolbar or menu. An action is a toolbar or menu item that, when clicked, triggers a callback....

    For a general pop-up feedback, warning, message, error etc:

    hiDisplayAppDBox(
    ?name s_dboxHandle
    [ ?dboxBanner t_dboxBanner ]
    [ ?dboxText t_dboxText ]
    [ ?callback g_callback ]
    [ ?dialogType x_dialogType ]
    [ ?dialogStyle s_dialogStyle ]
    [ ?buttonLayout s_buttonLayout ]
    [ ?buttons g_buttons ]
    [ ?dontPopdowns g_dontPopdowns ]
    [ ?defaultButton x_defaultButton ]
    [ ?location l_location ]
    [ ?help g_help ]
    )
    => t / nil / cancel


    Description

    Creates and displays a dialog box....

    Hopefully this helps you?

    Best regards,

    Lawrence.

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  • skillUser

    Hi Mallikarjun,

    These are two quite different things. The hover-over pop-up is a tooltip which you can specify for the various form fields, toolbar buttons, and menu items - look up hiToolTip in the documentation and you should be able to see how it is done.  Example from the docs:

    myStringField=hiCreateStringField(?name 'myStringField)
    hiFormHandle->myStringField->hiToolTip="description for myStringField"

    For a toolbar or menu item:

    hiCreateAction(
    ?name s_name
    [ ?callback t_callback ]
    [ ?icon g_icon ]
    [ ?iconText t_iconText ]
    [ ?toolTip t_tooltip ]
    [     ?enabled g_enabled ]
    [ ?checkable g_checkable ]
    [ ?checked g_checked ]
    [ ?defAction g_defaultAction ]
    [ ?actionList l_actionList ]
    [ ?statusTip t_statusTip ]
    [ ?useNameForIconText g_useNameForIconText ]
    )
    => o_action


    Description

    Creates an action for a toolbar or menu. An action is a toolbar or menu item that, when clicked, triggers a callback....

    For a general pop-up feedback, warning, message, error etc:

    hiDisplayAppDBox(
    ?name s_dboxHandle
    [ ?dboxBanner t_dboxBanner ]
    [ ?dboxText t_dboxText ]
    [ ?callback g_callback ]
    [ ?dialogType x_dialogType ]
    [ ?dialogStyle s_dialogStyle ]
    [ ?buttonLayout s_buttonLayout ]
    [ ?buttons g_buttons ]
    [ ?dontPopdowns g_dontPopdowns ]
    [ ?defaultButton x_defaultButton ]
    [ ?location l_location ]
    [ ?help g_help ]
    )
    => t / nil / cancel


    Description

    Creates and displays a dialog box....

    Hopefully this helps you?

    Best regards,

    Lawrence.

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  • Mallikarjun032
    in reply to skillUser

    This is exactly what I was looking for.

    Thanks a lot Lawrence.

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