ToolTips plug-in - Revision history

ZeBoxx: /* Limitations and known issues */

2010-05-03T01:29:34Z

Limitations and known issues

â† Older revision		Revision as of 01:29, 3 May 2010
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	Pop $0		Pop $0
	!macroend		!macroend
	!define ~~ToolTIp~~ `!insertmacro ToolTip`		!define ToolTip `!insertmacro ToolTip`
	</highlight-nsis>		</highlight-nsis>

	[[Category:Plugins]]		[[Category:Plugins]]

2010-05-03T01:18:26Z

Limitations and known issues

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 Custom color and font settings (newer version feature) do not work on Windows 7.
-On Windows Vista and Windows 7, the width required for the very first line of your tooltip is used for the entire tooltip.  This can cause 2nd, 3rd, etc. lines to be cut off if they are wider than the first line. ( on Windows XP, the width of the widest line is used for the entire tooltip )
+On Windows Vista and Windows 7, the width required for the very first line of your tooltip is used for the entire tooltip.  This can cause 2nd, 3rd, etc. lines to be cut off if they are wider than the first line.  A workaround is to pad the first line to fit the width of your widest line. ( on Windows XP, the width of the widest line is used for the entire tooltip by default )
 If the user has disabled balloon tooltips, the Modern tooltip type will not be displayed.  If you wish to use modern tooltips you may wish to add a fallback to the Classic tooltip if this is the case:
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    ToolTips::Classic
 ${EndIf}
 </highlight-nsis>
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2010-05-03T01:13:04Z

Limitations and known issues

â† Older revision		Revision as of 01:13, 3 May 2010
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	StrCpy $0 1		StrCpy $0 1
	ReadRegDWORD $0 HKCU "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\" "EnableBalloonTips"		ReadRegDWORD $0 HKCU "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\" "EnableBalloonTips"
	${If} $0 != 1		${If} $0 == 1
			${OrIf} $0 == ""
	ToolTips::Modern		ToolTips::Modern
	${Else}		${Else}

2010-05-03T00:53:55Z

Limitations and known issues

â† Older revision		Revision as of 00:53, 3 May 2010
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	<highlight-nsis>		<highlight-nsis>
	StrCpy $0 1		StrCpy $0 1
	ReadRegDWORD HKCU "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\" "EnableBalloonTips" $0		ReadRegDWORD $0 HKCU "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\" "EnableBalloonTips"
	${If} $0 != 1		${If} $0 != 1
	ToolTips::Modern		ToolTips::Modern

2010-05-03T00:21:56Z

Limitations and known issues

â† Older revision		Revision as of 00:21, 3 May 2010
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	On Windows Vista and Windows 7, the width required for the very first line of your tooltip is used for the entire tooltip. This can cause 2nd, 3rd, etc. lines to be cut off if they are wider than the first line. ( on Windows XP, the width of the widest line is used for the entire tooltip )		On Windows Vista and Windows 7, the width required for the very first line of your tooltip is used for the entire tooltip. This can cause 2nd, 3rd, etc. lines to be cut off if they are wider than the first line. ( on Windows XP, the width of the widest line is used for the entire tooltip )

			If the user has disabled balloon tooltips, the Modern tooltip type will not be displayed. If you wish to use modern tooltips you may wish to add a fallback to the Classic tooltip if this is the case:
			<highlight-nsis>
			StrCpy $0 1
			ReadRegDWORD HKCU "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\" "EnableBalloonTips" $0
			${If} $0 != 1
			ToolTips::Modern
			${Else}
			ToolTips::Classic
			${EndIf}
			</highlight-nsis>

	[[Category:Plugins]]		[[Category:Plugins]]

2010-05-03T00:15:00Z

â† Older revision		Revision as of 00:15, 3 May 2010
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	== Links ==		== Links ==
	<br>		<br>
			Older version (does not support color/font changes)
			<attach>Tooltips.zip</attach> (Mirror)

			Newer version (supports color/font changes)
	[http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Joel_plugin_src Main]<br>		[http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Joel_plugin_src Main]<br>
	~~<attach>Tooltips.zip</attach> (Mirror)~~

	== Description ==		== Description ==
	Plugin that will display a custom tooltip (modern or classic) in the user selected control.		Plugin that will display a custom tooltip (modern or classic) in the user selected control.

	~~Now accepts, foreground~~ and ~~background~~ colors (~~0xRRGGBB~~) ~~as well as font face~~ and ~~size~~.		The older version will use the system default colors and font settings.

			For the newer version you -must- specify the colors and font to use.

			== Limitations and known issues ==
			Custom color and font settings (newer version feature) do not work on Windows 7.

			On Windows Vista and Windows 7, the width required for the very first line of your tooltip is used for the entire tooltip. This can cause 2nd, 3rd, etc. lines to be cut off if they are wider than the first line. ( on Windows XP, the width of the widest line is used for the entire tooltip )

	[[Category:Plugins]]		[[Category:Plugins]]

2010-05-03T00:03:00Z

Undo revision 18457 - older version of plugin does not require color/font settings, taking on system default, which may be preferable

â† Older revision		Revision as of 00:03, 3 May 2010
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	== Links ==		== Links ==
	<br>		<br>
	[http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Joel_plugin_src Main]		[http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Joel_plugin_src Main]<br>
			<attach>Tooltips.zip</attach> (Mirror)

	== Description ==		== Description ==

2010-05-02T22:53:13Z

Links: removed the link to the binary as this was an older version not supporting the font settings

â† Older revision		Revision as of 22:53, 2 May 2010
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	== Links ==		== Links ==
	<br>		<br>
	[http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Joel_plugin_src Main]~~<br>~~		[http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Joel_plugin_src Main]
	~~<attach>Tooltips.zip</attach> (Mirror)~~

	== Description ==		== Description ==

2009-01-04T17:02:54Z

â† Older revision		Revision as of 17:02, 4 January 2009
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	== Links ==		== Links ==
	<br>		<br>
	[http://~~lobolunar~~.~~org/plugins~~/ ~~HomePage~~]<br>		[http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Joel_plugin_src Main]<br>
	<attach>Tooltips.zip</attach> (Mirror #1)		<attach>Tooltips.zip</attach> (Mirror)

	== Description ==		== Description ==

2007-11-20T01:42:52Z

Links

â† Older revision		Revision as of 01:42, 20 November 2007
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	== Links ==		== Links ==
	~~[[Image:Zip.gif]]~~ [http://~~plugins.joelito~~.org/~~descargas.php?file=tooltips.zip Tooltips.zip~~] ~~(2 KB)~~<br>		<br>
			[http://lobolunar.org/plugins/ HomePage]<br>
	<attach>Tooltips.zip</attach> (Mirror #1)		<attach>Tooltips.zip</attach> (Mirror #1)

	~~[http://plugins.joelito.org Joel's plugins site]~~

	== Description ==		== Description ==