Example

The following example creates text tips that display the row and column numbers corresponding to the pointer's location in a sheet. The text tips appear next to the pointer after the pointer remains stationary for 250 milliseconds. The text tips' background, foreground, and text appear as set in the example.

C++

void CmyWnd::MyFunc()
{
    // Control displays text tips aligned to pointer with focus
    fpSpread1.SetTextTip(4);
    // Control displays text tips after 250 milliseconds
    fpSpread1.SetTextTipDelay(250);
    // Text tip displays custom font and colors
    // Background is yellow, RGB(255, 255, 0)
    // Foreground is dark blue, RGB(0, 0, 128)
    fpSpread1.SetTextTipAppearance("Arial", 11, FALSE, FALSE, 0xFFFF, 0x800000);
}

void CmyWnd::OnTextTipFetch(long Col, long Row, long FAR* MultiLine, long FAR* TipWidth, BSTR FAR* TipText, BOOL FAR* ShowTip)
{
    // Set tip to display and set tip's content
    char buff1[20];
    char buff2[20];
    char buff3[50];
    wchar_t buff4[50];

    *ShowTip = TRUE;
    SysFreeString(*TipText);
    ltoa(Col,buff1,10);
    ltoa(Row,buff2,10);
    strcat(buff3,"Col ");
    strcat(buff3," Row ");
    strcat(buff3, buff2);
    MultiByteToWideChar(CP_ACP,0,buff3,50,buff4,50);
    *TipText = SysAllocString(buff4);
}

Visual Basic

Sub Form_Load()
    Dim x As Boolean
    ' Control displays text tips aligned to pointer with focus
    fpSpread1.TextTip = TextTipFloatingFocusOnly
    ' Control displays text tips after 250 milliseconds
    fpSpread1.TextTipDelay = 250
    ' Text tip displays custom font and colors
    ' Background is yellow, RGB(255, 255, 0)
    ' Foreground is dark blue, RGB(0, 0, 128)
    x = fpSpread1.SetTextTipAppearance("Arial", "11", False, False, &H0000FFFF&, &H00800000)
End Sub

Sub fpSpread1_TextTipFetch(ByVal Col As Long, ByVal Row As Long, MultiLine As Long, TipWidth As Long, TipText As String, ShowTip As Boolean)
    ' Set tip to display and set tip's content
    ShowTip = True
    TipText = "Col " & Col & ", Row " & Row
End Sub