I had basically come to that conclusion. I'm using the normal -tip for what I wanted. As I was looking at this, I noticed that no other apps pop up a balloon when hovering over a NotifyIcon.
Brian Millham Tommy, Helen and Paka This message has traveled at least 44,000 miles to reach you! http://www.millham.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:perl- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert May > Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 2:27 PM > To: Brian Millham > Cc: perl-win32-gui-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [perl-win32-gui-users] [win32-gui] NotifyIcon and > balloontooltips > > Brian Millham wrote: > > Hi all, > > I'm playing with NotifyIcon with Balloon tooltips. (Win32::GUI > > version 1.05) > > Is there a way to display the balloon when the mouse is hovering > > over the NotifyIcon? (like how the -tip text is displayed, except in a > > balloon) > > > > The only way that I can figure out is to use the MouseEvent event. > > But that fires every time that the mouse is moved (or clicked), so there > > would have to be a timer to track if the balloon is displayed (unless > there > > is a method to check if the balloon is already displayed.) > > I can't think of a good way to achieve what you want, especially as > you're not guaranteed that a balloon will display immediately that you > ask for it: if another app has a balloon displayed, then your request > gets queued by the OS, until it takes down the earlier balloon. > > Regards, > Rob. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share > your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Perl-Win32-GUI-Users mailing list > Perl-Win32-GUI-Users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/perl-win32-gui-users > http://perl-win32-gui.sourceforge.net/ > --- > avast! Antivirus: Inbound message clean. > Virus Database (VPS): 0664-0, 12/28/2006 > Tested on: 12/28/2006 2:34:45 PM > avast! is copyright (c) 2000-2006 ALWIL Software. > http://www.avast.com > > --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 0664-0, 12/28/2006 Tested on: 12/28/2006 8:05:56 PM avast! is copyright (c) 2000-2006 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com
