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echo: delphi
to: STEVE BATSON
from: FRANK MALCOLM
date: 1996-06-01 09:39:00
subject: Hint, hint...

Hi, Steve.
SB> FM> A TMenuItem doesn't *have* a ShowHint property, this is what my
SB> FM> problemis.
SB> I see your point, I never noticed this before.
SB> FM> Thanks, Steve, but I've tried several (all I could think of)
SB> FM> combinations of setting the ShowHint property, doing stuff in an
SB> FM> Application.OnHint method, etc. Nothing works for me.
SB> FM> I'm surprised that a TMenuItem has a Hint property but no ShowHint
SB> FM> property. How does Borland expect that that hint will be used?
SB> I'll have to look into this more. If I find something, I'll post it
SB> here...if you find something, I hope you'll do the same.
Sure will. Obviously you can use Application.OnHint to show the "long
hint" in a status bar, but I thought it'd be nice to have the little
yellow boxes pop up too.
Regards, fIM.
 * * Ignorance we fix with knowledge-stupidity with liberalism
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