Author: Tomas Rutkauskas

How to display hints on the status bar

Answer:

The following unit demonstrates displaying the hint on the status bar:

1   unit Unit1;
2   
3   interface
4   
5   uses
6     Windows, Messages, SysUtils, Classes, Graphics, Controls, Forms, Dialogs, 
7   ComCtrls;
8   
9   type
10    TForm1 = class(TForm)
11      StatusBar1: TStatusBar;
12      procedure FormCreate(Sender: TObject);
13    private
14      { Private declarations }
15    public
16      { Public declarations }
17      procedure ApplicationHint(Sender: TObject);
18    end;
19  
20  var
21    Form1: TForm1;
22  
23  implementation
24  
25  {$R *.DFM}
26  
27  procedure TForm1.ApplicationHint(Sender: TObject);
28  begin
29    StatusBar1.Panels[0].Text := GetLongHint(Application.Hint);
30  end;
31  
32  procedure TForm1.FormCreate(Sender: TObject);
33  begin
34    Application.OnHint := ApplicationHint;
35  end;
36  
37  end.