Setting text on tooltip from variable

Question

Good morning everyone.

I would like to know if there is some way I can get the information froma variable "text" and assign
it to the text property value of a tooltiop on my main form.

Basically, I have created a small application that functions as a systray application. When the user
hovers over the notify icon I would like the tooltip to be information that is currently in a variable called
"statusInfo"

any information would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you!!
Bob

Mihir Solanki · Answer

not sure but try Environment.NewLine i.e "SomeText" + Environment.NewLine + "SomeMoreText"

Bob B · Answer

Thank you all for your assistance. I believe I have figured it out. One more question... Is there any way using excape characters to make the tooltip window be multi-line? Or any other method for that matter? Thanks, Bob

Bob B · Answer

Ok, I'm still missing something here. I can very easily set the text property of the notify icon within design view but I don't believe this will work for me. How can I set variable information within the text string as well. I tried to put the following in to the "Text" location "State " + currentState But when doing this I just end up with a ToolTip of "State " + currentState (in plain text form). It is not reading my variable information of currentState. Thanks, Bob

Mihir Solanki · Answer

If you using "NotifyIcon" control then just simply use Text property of the NotifyIcon control ...

Bob B · Answer

Ok, I tried to add this code to the constructor of my main for and received multiple errors. I have 2 variables I am working with. string "status" string "reason" I have created a new variable called combinedStatus of type string My goal is to do the following. when the mouse pointer hovers over the notify icon (in the systray) for my main form application I would like the tooltip to display the information (text) contained in the variable called combinedStatus --where--- combinedStatus = "You are currently in " + status + " with a reason of " + reason; Errors I am getting: C:\Documents and Settings\rboursaw\My Documents\Visual Studio Projects\2004\ECSAgentDesktop\ECSAgentDesktop\AgentForm.cs(61): An object reference is required for the nonstatic field, method, or property 'ECSAgentDesktop.AgentForm.state C:\Documents and Settings\rboursaw\My Documents\Visual Studio Projects\2004\ECSAgentDesktop\ECSAgentDesktop\AgentForm.cs(213): The best overloaded method match for 'System.Windows.Forms.ToolTip.SetToolTip(System.Windows.Forms.Control, string)' has some invalid arguments Any thoughts?

Mihir Solanki · Answer

Try ToolTip t = new ToolTip(); t.SetToolTip(TheControl,"TextUWantToSet");