Tip-Static control like

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Jan 10, 2000

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A tip-of-the-day control that uses a cool sliding effect to show each tip

Sample Image - tip_static.gif

Introduction

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

Usage

Include TipStatic.cpp and TipStatic.h in your project.

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;
    }

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
    }

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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