Tooltip on button

[Anonymous]

Is it possible to add a tooltip to a custom button (macro button).
Default seems to be the "sub name" as tooltip.

Lars Andersson

[Anonymous]

This is not currently possible.

-Brian

"Lars Andersson" wrote in message
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> Is it possible to add a tooltip to a custom button (macro button).
> Default seems to be the "sub name" as tooltip.
>
> Lars Andersson
>
>

[Anonymous]

A bit of clarification. It is not currently possible to define a tooltip
for a button created for a VBA macro. If you create buttons through an
Add-In for your own commands you can define the tool tip and the description
text that displays at the bottom of the Inventor window.

-Brian

"Brian Ekins (Autodesk)" wrote in message
news:...
> This is not currently possible.
>
> -Brian
>
> "Lars Andersson" wrote in message
> news:1896AF73781188D534045BB96768F06B@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > Is it possible to add a tooltip to a custom button (macro button).
> > Default seems to be the "sub name" as tooltip.
> >
> > Lars Andersson
> >
> >
>
>

[Anonymous]

Brian,

Do you think or know that it will be possible in the future?

Lars

"Brian Ekins (Autodesk)" skrev i meddelandet
news:3F4A5BBF287AA289331382E91BEEDE24@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> A bit of clarification. It is not currently possible to define a tooltip
> for a button created for a VBA macro. If you create buttons through an
> Add-In for your own commands you can define the tool tip and the
description
> text that displays at the bottom of the Inventor window.
>
> -Brian
>
> "Brian Ekins (Autodesk)" wrote in message
> news:...
> > This is not currently possible.
> >
> > -Brian
> >
> > "Lars Andersson" wrote in message
> > news:1896AF73781188D534045BB96768F06B@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > > Is it possible to add a tooltip to a custom button (macro button).
> > > Default seems to be the "sub name" as tooltip.
> > >
> > > Lars Andersson
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

[Anonymous]

I don't know. This is really an Inventor user interface issue rather than
an API issue so I'm not directly involved in the planning.

-Brian

"Lars Andersson" wrote in message
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> Brian,
>
> Do you think or know that it will be possible in the future?
>
> Lars
>
> "Brian Ekins (Autodesk)" skrev i meddelandet
> news:3F4A5BBF287AA289331382E91BEEDE24@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > A bit of clarification. It is not currently possible to define a
tooltip
> > for a button created for a VBA macro. If you create buttons through an
> > Add-In for your own commands you can define the tool tip and the
> description
> > text that displays at the bottom of the Inventor window.
> >
> > -Brian
> >
> > "Brian Ekins (Autodesk)" wrote in message
> > news:...
> > > This is not currently possible.
> > >
> > > -Brian
> > >
> > > "Lars Andersson" wrote in message
> > > news:1896AF73781188D534045BB96768F06B@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > > > Is it possible to add a tooltip to a custom button (macro button).
> > > > Default seems to be the "sub name" as tooltip.
> > > >
> > > > Lars Andersson
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

[miechh]

I was asking myself the same question, but it seems that seven and a half years later still nothing has changed; can't change the tooltiptext for my macro's. I know, we all want to sit in the front row for just a dime (dutch expression ), but it would be so cool to also have your own tool-tip-text present for custom macro's/buttons. In AutoCAD you can add macro's to a custom button on a custom toolbar AND create tool-tip-texts for that button. So why can't this be made possible for Inventor.

[Anonymous]

Another 7 years later (13 years in total!)

Still not possible I believe?

Would be very cool indeed!

[weiser]

Some people are arriving later than the other ....

I did not find a way to get a tooltop for custom button in Inventor 2019 too?

Or do I missed somehing?

[bradeneuropeArthur]

Hi,

Could you give me the name of the macrobutton?

I prepared something that seems to work here.

Regards,

[AlexFielder]

In lieu of @bradeneuropeArthur replying with a working solution, for background, you can use the "ProgressiveTooltip" property of a button to create a fly-out image like this:

Based on the following:

button1 = new InventorButton(buttonPlugin.Path, buttonPlugin.ButtonDisplayName, buttonPlugin.ButtonInternalName, buttonPlugin.Description, buttonPlugin.ToolTip, icon1, icon1, buttonPlugin.ProgressiveToolTipImagePath, CommandTypesEnum.kShapeEditCmdType, ButtonDisplayEnum.kDisplayTextInLearningMode);
button1.ButtonDef.ProgressiveToolTip.Description = buttonPlugin.ProgressiveToolTipDescription;
button1.ButtonDef.ProgressiveToolTip.ExpandedDescription = buttonPlugin.ProgressiveToolTipExpandedDescription;
button1.ButtonDef.ProgressiveToolTip.IsProgressive = true;
button1.ButtonDef.ProgressiveToolTip.Title = buttonPlugin.ProgressiveToolTipTitle;

I don't have an example I can share that makes it any simpler than ^.

[weiser]

Hi,

the macro I want to describe is named "Mxx" from the module "Bemaßung".

looking forward to your answer!

Thanks in advance

[weiser]

Hi Alex,

I've red the article about the progressive tooltip but didn't understand where to put the code.....

So may be you can help me out with an tutorial for newbies....

Thans in advance

[bradeneuropeArthur]

I have figured it out.

Please send me a private message as reminder.

I will upload the code. I am far from my desk right now.

Regards,

[bradeneuropeArthur]

With this code you can:

Add macro button to the ribbon.

Add a tooltip with text and image.

run VBA macros with your code set.

Public Sub main()

Dim a As Application
Set a = ThisApplication

Dim b As Ribbon
Set b = a.UserInterfaceManager.Ribbons.Item(2) ' "Part"

Dim c As RibbonTab
Set c = b.RibbonTabs.Item(2) ' "id_TabFlatPattern"

Dim rp As RibbonPanel
Set rp = c.RibbonPanels.Item(1) ' "id_PanelP_Model2DSketchCreate"

Dim bu As ButtonDefinition

Dim MCD As MacroControlDefinition
Dim cd As ControlDefinition
Set MCD = a.CommandManager.ControlDefinitions.AddMacroControlDefinition("YourModuleName.YourRoutineName2") ' For Example Module1.Main
MCD.ProgressiveToolTip.ExpandedDescription = "This could be your additional description...."
MCD.ProgressiveToolTip.Image = "C:\Files\YourImage.jpg"
rp.CommandControls.AddMacro MCD, False

End Sub

[bradeneuropeArthur]

With this code you can add additional:

• Tooltips
• images
• expanded descriptions

To existing VBA commands that have been added by the user.

You need to know the name of the macro of course.

Public Sub main()

Dim a As Application
Set a = ThisApplication

Dim MCDDefaultUser As MacroControlDefinition
Set MCDDefaultUser = a.CommandManager.ControlDefinitions.Item("Macro:YourModuleName.YourRoutineName2")

MCDDefaultUser.ProgressiveToolTip.ExpandedDescription = "This could be your additional description...."
MCDDefaultUser.ProgressiveToolTip.Image = "C:\Files\YourImage.jpg"

End Sub

You need to create a button to load this code everytime you start inventor, because vba is not started with inventor.

Or you could use an add in to load run this code, which is the better way I think.

Please let me know if you need help regarding this.

Regards,

[bradeneuropeArthur]

Regards,


! For administrative reasons, please mark a "Solution as solved" when the issue is solved !

[weiser]

Hi there,

can anybody mark Arthur's answer as a solution.... because I can't do it ... aybe I have to be the one to upen up the thread?!

Regards & thanks again to Arthur!

[Maxim-CADman77]

@AlexFielder 

What about multi-lingval (progressive) tooltips?
Should I use Select Case?