Using either the Designer properties or by programming it directly, I cannot seem to get a tool tip to display the way I thought I should be able when I hover over the control.
For instance, although I can display the text I want, no matter what I set as the AutoPopDelay (I want 30 seconds) or as the background color (I want a Yellow), the tool tip always comes up for the default 5 seconds on a gray background only.
Below is the sub that I programmed. What am I missing?:
Private Sub lblUploadFileTypeHelp_MouseHover(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles lblUploadFileTypeHelp.MouseHover
ToolTip1.OwnerDraw = True
ToolTip1.IsBalloon = True
ToolTip1.BackColor = Color.LemonChiffon
ToolTip1.AutoPopDelay = 30000
ToolTip1.Show("Sample text to display", lblUploadFileTypeHelp)
End Sub
IsBalloon is being taken into consideration before OwnerDraw.
You would need to handle your own drawing to get a custom display.
Have a look at the MSDN code sample MSDN Tooltip