alternative for AcadX ?

Discussion in 'AutoCAD' started by MRL, Aug 19, 2004.

  1. MRL

    MRL Guest

    Hello,

    As everybody knows... acadx is not longer available.
    Is there anywhere a VBA-modules/example how to create a program to show
    a "tooltip" ?

    Martin
     
    MRL, Aug 19, 2004
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  2. MRL

    RTGIS Guest

    So what happen to acadx....?

    I've been away for a while....
     
    RTGIS, Aug 20, 2004
    #2
  3. Hi,

    You can create a simple tooltip by attaching a hyperlink to an object and
    using the description field which displays when you hover the mouse over the
    object.

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    Regards


    Laurie Comerford
    www.cadapps.com.au
     
    Laurie Comerford, Aug 20, 2004
    #3
  4. Tony Tanzillo, Aug 20, 2004
    #4
  5. MRL

    Doug Broad Guest

    Tony,
    Really sorry sales didn't work out for you. Thanks for
    your regular participation here.

    Regards,
    Doug
     
    Doug Broad, Aug 20, 2004
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  6. MRL

    bcoward Guest

    If your not going to use a hyperlink and you want to dent the sheetrock you can roll your own tooltip. My thoughts though are if your asking then you might not want to get into it.

    From the raw you would have to use API's such as CreateWindowEx, DestroyWindow, SendMessage, GetWindowLong, and SetWindowLong. This will get you a tooltip interface but you then need to build the ability to look at the properties of entities your cursor is hovering over (more APIs) and gather them into the tooltip text property (I'm speaking from a class object property I use to do this).

    As you can see this isn't a 5 minute fix. The cool thing I like about it though is that you have the ability to use a rectangular or bubble tooltip.

    Good luck,

    Bob Coward
    CADS, Inc.
     
    bcoward, Aug 21, 2004
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