Ribbon Tooltips

[Articulate]

Hi,
I have create a office 2007 ribbon using a V6 COM add-in designer. My
problem is that a super tooltip is displayed in the following format:

Tip String
SuperTip string
----------------------------
<COM Add-in Name>
Press F1 for help.


I wish to prevent <COM Add-in Name> and the help message from appearing in
the tooltip. How can I can do that?
Thanks

 

[Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]]

You can't. The SuperTip will always be in that format.

 

[Articulate]

Ok, if it can't be removed then how do I hook F1 to respond to it?
Thx

 

[Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]]

You don't. The super tip is just that.

If you really want to hook F1 you need to create a Windows message handler
and hook into all Windows messages, check to see if each message is
addressed to the window for the super tip and do whatever you want then. Not
a trivial task and one that can nicely crash Windows if not done exactly
right.

 

[Articulate]

Thanks, Ken.

Seems like a half baked approach in the Ribbon. If the application can
display super tools tips without displaying the 'Press F1' message why can't
the add-ins?

Thanks again.

 

[Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]]

That's something we asked (among many other things) but never got what I'd
consider a good answer. I guess you'd have to ask Jensen Harris, the lead
for the Ribbon, to get his reasons.