Tip-Static control like

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Introduction

CTipStatic is a Cstatic derived class that allows you to implement a sliding 'Tip of the day' like Microsft Outlook.

Usage

1. Include TipStatic.cpp and TipStatic.h in your project.
2. Create a new CTipStatic class object and just invoke Create function.

   In your header file.

       #include "TipStatic.cpp"
       
       class CMyDialog : public CDialog
       {
       
       ....
       // Attributes
       protected:
           CTipStatic m_ctrTipStatic;
           
       };
       
       
       In your cpp file.
       
       int CMyDialog::OnCreate(LPCREATESTRUCT lpCreateStruct) 
       {
           if (CDialog::OnCreate(lpCreateStruct) == -1)
               return -1;
       
           m_ctrTipStatic.Create("TipStatic",WS_VISIBLE|WS_CHILD,
               CRect(10,10, 100,120),this, IDC_TIP_STATIC);
   
           ....
               
           return 0;
       }

3. Initialize CTipStatic class object by using AddTip(), SetSliderColor(), SetSliderMode().

       BOOL CStaticTipDlg::OnInitDialog()
       {
           CDialog::OnInitDialog();
           
           ....
   
           // TODO: Add extra initialization here
       
           // Add Tip..
           m_ctrTipStatic.AddTip("Hi\n Welcome to Cool-Tip Static!!\n\nSmile Seo");
           m_ctrTipStatic.AddTip("Second.. Tip");
           m_ctrTipStatic.AddTip("Third.. Tip");
   
           m_ctrTipStatic.SetSliderColor(GetSysColor(COLOR_3DFACE));
           m_ctrTipStatic.SetSliderMode(TRUE);
   
           ....
           
           return TRUE;  // return TRUE  unless you set the focus to a control
       }

4. Just call ShowNextTip() or ShowPrevTip().

Member Functions

<table border="1">
<tr>
    <td>Function prototype</td>
    <td>Description</td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td><code>void AddTip(CString strTip)</td>
    
<td></td>
Add tip-text to the CTipStatic</td>
</tr>

<tr></tr>

    
<td></td>
void SetSliderColor(COLORREF colSlider)</td>
    
<td></td>
If you use 'Slider', this 'colSlider' is a wonderful effect just like 'Outlook today's tip'.</td>
</tr>

<tr></tr>

    
<td></td>
void SetSliderMode(BOOL bSlider)</td>
    
<td></td>
Set whether  to use the 'slider' mode</td>
</tr>
</table>

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