FIX: TreeView Tooltips Do Not Appear on Windows NT (241097)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Visual Basic Learning Edition for Windows 5.0, when used with:
- the operating system: Microsoft Windows NT
- Microsoft Visual Basic Learning Edition for Windows 6.0, when used with:
- the operating system: Microsoft Windows NT
- Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows 5.0, when used with:
- the operating system: Microsoft Windows NT
- Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows 6.0, when used with:
- the operating system: Microsoft Windows NT
- Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows 5.0, when used with:
- the operating system: Microsoft Windows NT
- Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows 6.0, when used with:
- the operating system: Microsoft Windows NT
This article was previously published under Q241097 SYMPTOMS
The Node tooltip (item tip) for the TreeView control included in Comctl32.ocx fails to appear when the cursor is over a Node with text obscured by the right border of the TreeView's client window. This problem has only been observed on Windows NT 4.0 when using Comctl32.dll version 4.x. Comctl32.dll version 5.x does not exhibit this behavior under Windows NT 4.0. (Comctl32.ocx is dynamically linked to the currently running version of Comctl32.dll). This problem also does not occur when running on Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, or Windows 2000, nor does it occur using the TreeView control from Mscomctl.ocx.
RESOLUTION
The tooltip window appears correctly after filling in the
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This bug has been fixed in comctl32.dll version 5.xx and later.
REFERENCESFor additional information regarding treeview tooltip issues, click the article numbers below
to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
240924 BUG: TreeView Node Tooltips Flash when Displayed from Modal Form
241102 BUG: TreeView Nodes Tooltips Fail to Appear on Usercontrol
Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 5/12/2003 |
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Keywords: | kbbug kbCmnCtrls kbfix kbTreeView KB241097 |
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