Details for ToolTipsFactory for .NET

The ToolTipsFactory is a set of components designed to add visually and functionally sophisticated ToolTips to Windows Forms applications. These components give application developers the possibility to add really dynamic tooltips to their applications, with single- or multiline text, images or even animations as content. They also give programmers full control over size and layout of the ToolTip's background, border and behaviour. Why do applications have ToolTips? ToolTips are a really useful invention. We all know and (in general) like these practical tiny yellow windows that pop-up whenever the mouse pointer hovers over a control in a windows application. Usually they give a hint about the function of the control (e.g. they answer questions like: "What happens if that button is hit?" or "What for is this checkbox?"). In many cases this hint is enough information for the user of an application to proceed without having to look up the information in the online help or - even worse - take that heavy printed manual from the shelf. In other cases they may show actual information about the state of a program, an operation or process, or they just show the complete information in cases where the control size limits the amount of information that can be shown. These days it is a "must" for a professionally designed application, to provide some kind of ToolTips!