Problems getting GetToolTip() to work
I have a toolbar that I created in the resource editor that I now
need to have dynamic tooltips. I've subclassed the toolbar
and added this in frame header:
class CMyToolBar : public CToolBar
{
protected:
afx_msg BOOL GetToolTip(UINT id, NMHDR *pTTTStruct, LRESULT *pResult);
DECLARE_MESSAGE_MAP()
};
and this in cpp:
BEGIN_MESSAGE_MAP(CMyToolBar, CToolBar)
ON_NOTIFY_EX(TTN_NEEDTEXT, 0, GetToolTip)
END_MESSAGE_MAP()
BOOL CMyToolBar::GetToolTip(UINT id, NMHDR *pNMHDR, LRESULT *pResult)
{
char fmt[MSGSTRING_LEN];
TOOLTIPTEXT *pTTT = (TOOLTIPTEXT *)pNMHDR;
UINT nID = pNMHDR->idFrom;
switch(id){
case ID_BUTTON_I_WANT_TO_CHANGE:
if(pSC->m_myToolBar.GetToolBarCtrl().IsButtonChecked(ID_BUTTON_I_WANT_TO_CHANGE))
strcpy(pTTT->szText, "Checked button tooltip");
else
strcpy(pTTT->szText, "Unchecked button tooltip");
pTTT->hinst = NULL;
return(TRUE);
break;
}
return(FALSE);
}
but this code is never reached. Did I miss a step?
Thanks,
Drew
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