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Implementing ToolTips with the Progress 4GL

To implement ToolTips, you specify the ToolTip text in the TOOLTIP attribute of the associated widget and set the TOOLTIPS attribute to TRUE for a SESSION system handle.

TOOLTIP Attribute

Each widget for which the TOOLTIP option is implemented has a run-time attribute, called TOOLTIP, established with read/write capabilities. If the TOOLTIP attribute is set to "" or the unknown value (?), then no ToolTip is displayed for that widget. The default is to not have a ToolTip. You can add a ToolTip to a widget at any time.

The following syntax is for the TOOLTIP Attribute:

SYNTAX
[ TOOLTIP tooltip ] 

tooltip

A quoted string containing the text that displays when the mouse pointer pauses over the widget.

The following code example shows how to specify a ToolTip at run time:

 Btn_OK:TOOLTIP = "Select this button to accept the information." 

You can use the TOOLTIP option with the following 4GL elements:

TOOLTIPS Attribute

There is a session attribute called TOOLTIPS. The session default setting for TOOLTIPS is on (TRUE). To turn TOOLTIPS off for the session, set the TOOLTIPS session attribute to FALSE, for example:

SESSION:TOOLTIPS=FALSE 


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