Re: Tooltip causes an ASSERT() in a child dialog box

From:
"AliR \(VC++ MVP\)" <AliR@online.nospam>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.mfc
Date:
Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:15:13 -0500
Message-ID:
<cdMLj.7907$2g1.4357@nlpi068.nbdc.sbc.com>
Follow the assert backward through the callstack and see where/why that
assert is getting triggered.

I'm sorry but neither one of your post really has enough info to help solve
the problem.

Try recreating the problem in a small application and then post the code
here.

AliR.

"Phil" <pbruyant@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:cd90ef2a-9d88-4563-a9fa-b888d76c1d3f@m44g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...

Hello experts,
I already posted about my problem a couple of days ago, but it's not
solved yet and I have some more details about it.
Using MS VC 6.0 and Vista.
I create a CTabCtrl control in a dialog box. For each tab, a child
dialog box contains a bunch of controls (CEdit, CComboBox...). I can
display tooltips for each control, no problem.
The problem is that when the cursor (I mean the mouse) leaves a
control, if it enters the tooltip area, I get an ASSERT() warning:
In WinCore.cpp
void CWnd::AssertValid() const
{
...
// should be a normal window
ASSERT(::IsWindow(m_hWnd));

...
}

This occurs only when the dialog boxes displayed in the tabs are CHILD
dialog boxes. If I choose "Overlapped" or "Popup", it works (but I
need a child dialog box).
What should I do to avoid this problem?
TXS
Phil

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