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ShowImage Method

Description

Specifies whether to display images in the tooltip window.

Syntax

Public Sub ShowImage( _
    ByVal ShowImage As Boolean, _
    ByVal ImageBase As Long _
)

Parameters

  • ShowImage: True to display images in the tooltip window, False to hide images in tooltip windows.
  • ImageBase: This is the offset to add to a task panel item ID to specify a large image. Set to 0 to display only standard button icons associated with the control.

Remarks

To add an image to a tooltip, as seen in Office 2007 style tooltips, which usually feature a large image that is a shrunken screenshot of the dialog/function a menu item or button performs, you would simply add another image to the image manager that has the same ID as the task panel item plus the ImageBase value. When the ShowImage parameter is True and the ImageBase is greater than 0, it will automatically add the ImageBase to all task panel item IDs when displaying the picture in the tooltips.

The diagram below illustrates how to display an image in the tooltip for a task panel group item control. The ImageBase is set to a value of 1000; you can choose any positive non-zero number for this. Note that there are 2 images in the ImageManager control: one for the task panel group item, which has an ID of 106, and the second is for the tooltip, which has an ID of ImageBase + Control ID. If you set the ImageBase to 0, then the button control image will also be displayed in the tooltip.

Tooltip Example

See Also

ToolTipContext Object

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