Excalibur Software Cooltips 1.0
Animation
Property Animation As TipCoolAnimations
Description
Returns/sets the animation that will be used to bring
the Cooltip into view. This property can be
one or more of the following values:
- tipNoAnimation - The Cooltip will appear on the screen
when called for, without fanfare. This value cannot be used
with any other value.
- tipHorzPositive - Animates the Cooltip from left to right.
This flag can be used with roll or slide animation. It is
ignored when used with tipAnimCenter or tipAnimBlend.
- tipHorzNegative - Animates the Cooltip from right to left.
This flag can be used with roll or slide animation. It is
ignored when used with tipAnimCenter or tipAnimBlend.
- tipVertPositive - Animates the Cooltip from top to bottom.
This flag can be used with roll or slide animation. It is
ignored when used with tipAnimCenter or tipAnimBlend.
- tipVertNegative - Animates the Cooltip from bottom to top.
This flag can be used with roll or slide animation. It is
ignored when used with tipAnimCenter or tipAnimBlend.
- tipAnimCenter - Makes the Cooltip appear to expand outward.
- tipAnimSlide - Uses slide animation. By default, roll
animation is used. This flag is ignored when used with tipAnimCenter.
- tipAnimBlend - Uses a fade-in effect.
Remarks
The Animation property relies on the AnimateWindow API call, which
is only available in Windows 98 or later and Windows 2000 or later.
In previous versions of Windows, this property will have no effect.