Enabling Tool Tips

Note

The Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC) library continues to be supported. However, we're no longer adding features or updating the documentation.

You can enable tool tip support for the child controls of a window (such as the controls on a form view or dialog box).

To enable tool tips for the child controls of a window

1. Call EnableToolTips for the window for which you want to provide tool tips.

2. Provide a string for each control in your TTN_NEEDTEXT notification handler. The handler is in the message map of the window that contains the child controls (for example, your form view class). This handler should call a function that identifies the control and sets pszText to specify the text used by the tool tip control.

See also

Tool Tips in Windows Not Derived from CFrameWnd