Create tooltip help

[manukhanna]

For a standalone application, the developers are trying to off load the task of integrating the tooltip help (help info that displays when the mouse is moved over a field or a toolbar button in the application UI) to the writers. As far as my understanding goes, the writers can only give the help text with corresponding Map IDs, and it’s for the developers to integrate the text into the application.

This is different from the What's This help that displays when the user clicks on a field/control to view associated help info.

Just wanted to check if my understanding is correct, please correct me if I am wrong.

[Mark_Southee]

Tooltip text won't work with MapIDs, as it works in a different way (i.e with an onmouse hover action, rather that a mouse click). When I've been involved in this before, I've edited a text file of definitions. This method also helps if your software is to be translated.

[manukhanna]

So the writer simply gives a text file and the developer goes back to the app code and copy pastes the text wherever onmouse hover text is to be displayed?

[Mark_Southee]

Actually, I would expect the developer to give you the text file with all the tooltip strings in. You then amend the text as you see fit and they replace the original version with your amended version. At least that's how it worked last time I did this. Check with your developer how it's been done.

[manukhanna]

Thanks Mark, appreciate it.