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By default, the CellToolTip property is "..." (three dots). If the CellToolTip property is "..." the control displays the cell's caption if it doesn't fit the cell's client area. If the CellToolTip property is different than "...", the control shows a tooltip that displays the CellToolTip value. The control fires the ToolTip event when the column's tooltip is about to be displayed. The ToolTipPopDelay property specifies the period in ms of time the ToolTip remains visible if the mouse pointer is stationary within a control. Use the ToolTipWidth property to specify the width of the tooltip window. Use the Background(exToolTipAppearance) property indicates the visual appearance of the borders of the tooltips. Use the Background(exToolTipBackColor) property indicates the tooltip's background color. Use the Background(exToolTipForeColor) property indicates the tooltip's foreground color. Use the ToolTip property to specify a tooltip to be shown when the cursor hovers the group's caption. Use the ShowToolTip method to programmatically display a custom tooltip.

The tooltip supports the following HTML tags:

 bold bolds a part of the caption.
 underline specifies that the portion should appear as underlined.
<s> ~~strikeout~~ </s> specifies that the portion should appear as strikeout.
 italic specifies that the portion should appear as italic.
<fgcolor=FF0000>fgcolor</fgcolor> changes the foreground color for a portion.
<bgcolor=FF0000>bgcolor</bgcolor> changes the background color for a portion.
  breaks a line.
<solidline> draws a solid line. If has no effect for a single line caption.
<dotline> draws a dotted line. If has no effect for a single line caption.
<upline> draws the line to the top of the text line
<r> aligns the rest of the text line to the right side. It has no effect if the caption contains a single line.
<img>number[:width]</img> inserts an icon inside the cell's caption. The number indicates the index of the icon being inserted. The last 7 bits in the high significant byte of the number expression indicates the identifier of the skin being used to paint the object. Use the Add method to add new skins to the control. If you need to remove the skin appearance from a part of the control you need to reset the last 7 bits in the high significant byte of the color being applied to the part. The width is optional and indicates the width of the icon being inserted. Using the width option you can overwrite multiple icons getting a nice effect. By default, if the width field is missing, the width is 18 pixels.
<img>key[:width]</img> inserts a custom size picture being loaded using the HTMLPicture property. The Key parameter indicates the key of the picture being displayed. The Width parameter indicates a custom size, if you require to stretch the picture, else the original size of the picture is used.
text displays portions of text with a different font and/or different size. For instance, the bit draws the bit text using the Tahoma font, on size 12 pt. If the name of the font is missing, and instead size is present, the current font is used with a different size. For instance, bit displays the bit text using the current font, but with a different size.

Note: The intersection of an item with a column defines a cell. Each cell is uniquely represented by its handle. The cell's handle is of HCELL type, that's equivalent with a long type. Almost all properties of Items object have two parameters Item and ColIndex, that refers a cell.

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		Type	Description
		Item as Variant	A long expression that indicates the handle of the item.
		ColIndex as Variant	A long expression that indicates the column's index, a string expression that indicates the column's caption or the column's key.
		String	A string expression that indicates the cell's tooltip.