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Use the ShowToolTip method to display a custom tooltip. Use 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 ToolTipFont property to change the tooltip's font. The ShowToolTip method has no effect if the ToolTip and Title parameters are empty.

The ToolTip parameter supports the built-in HTML format like follows:

 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 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.

The Alignment parameter can be one of the followings:

0 - exTopLeft
1 - exTopRight
2 - exBottomLeft
3 - exBottomRight
0x10 - exCenter
0x11 - exCenterLeft
0x12 - exCenterRight
0x13 - exCenterTop
0x14 - exCenterBottom

Use numeric values as strings for X and Y parameters, to move the tooltip window relative to the position of the cursor. For instance, ShowToolTp("text",,,"11","12"), means that the tooltip window is moved 11 pixels on the X axis, and 12 pixels on the Y axis, before showing it in the default position. In this case the X and Y parameters MUST be passed as strings not as LONG values

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		Type	Description
		ToolTip as String	A String expression that indicates the description of the tooltip, that supports built-in HTML format.
		Title as Variant	If present, A String expression that indicates the title of the tooltip.
		Alignment as Variant	A long expression that indicates the alignment of the tooltip relative to the position of the cursor. If missing, the tooltip is aligned to the left/top corder.
		X as Variant	A single that specifies the current X location of the mouse pointer. The x values is always expressed in screen coordinates. If missing or -1, the current mouse X position is used. A string expression that indicates the offset to move the tooltip window relative to the cursor position.
		Y as Variant	A single that specifies the current Y location of the mouse pointer. The y values is always expressed in screen coordinates. If missing or -1, the current mouse Y position is used. A string expression that indicates the offset to move the tooltip window relative to the cursor position.