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Balloon won't pop
I have a program that creates a balloon tip. It works 100% in Windows 2000 but in Windows XP the balloon tip does not automatically dismiss itself after the timeout.
I even downloaded the latest cooltrayicon component and tried the demo of it and it too does not dismiss unless it is clicked on. I have tried both my own program and cooltrayicon test program on other xp machines and both have the same problems.
Anyone know if there is something in XP that may be causing this problem or have any code sample that they know works on XP?
I even downloaded the latest cooltrayicon component and tried the demo of it and it too does not dismiss unless it is clicked on. I have tried both my own program and cooltrayicon test program on other xp machines and both have the same problems.
Anyone know if there is something in XP that may be causing this problem or have any code sample that they know works on XP?
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Yep,
it's probably the cooltrayicon that's the problem. I didn't look any further into it, as the problem could be solved this way...
You can also create the timer on the spot (fTimer :=TTimer.Create) if you don't want the extra (very small) resources if not needed :-)
Evarest
it's probably the cooltrayicon that's the problem. I didn't look any further into it, as the problem could be solved this way...
You can also create the timer on the spot (fTimer :=TTimer.Create) if you don't want the extra (very small) resources if not needed :-)
Evarest
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It's not just the cooltrayicon that is the problem - i've tried several code samples i found around the web and all have the same problem.
I've also now just noticed that the NIN_BALLOONTIMEOUT message is never send back in any code - my own, that found around the web or in cooltrayicon - even on win2k.
strange.
I've also now just noticed that the NIN_BALLOONTIMEOUT message is never send back in any code - my own, that found around the web or in cooltrayicon - even on win2k.
strange.
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Have you tried the balloon component in this free component package?
http://homepages.borland.com/jedi/jvcl/
It work well for me in both operating systems
Regards,
Hypoviax
http://homepages.borland.com/jedi/jvcl/
It work well for me in both operating systems
Regards,
Hypoviax
Balloon won't pop,
A) jump on it!
b) get a sharper pin!
A) jump on it!
b) get a sharper pin!
dont use a timer then
var
count:cardinal;
timeout:cardinal;
begin
timeout:=5000;
count:=gettickcount;
repeat
sleep(100)
application.processmessage
until gettickcount>count+timeout
call the pop
var
count:cardinal;
timeout:cardinal;
begin
timeout:=5000;
count:=gettickcount;
repeat
sleep(100)
application.processmessage
until gettickcount>count+timeout
call the pop
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Evarest - I used your idea of a timer and all seems to work as i wanted.
Sabre - Thanks for the tip. I checked it out and you're right, in XP even a ballon displayed by windows will sit there till you dismiss it. Odd way to do it but i guess it is Microsoft :)
Sabre - Thanks for the tip. I checked it out and you're right, in XP even a ballon displayed by windows will sit there till you dismiss it. Odd way to do it but i guess it is Microsoft :)
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