Translucent WYSIWYG-Tooltips                                                   03/22/05
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- a user interface prototype made at the Media Department of LMU Munich.

Platform: Windows XP
Installation: Just copy the files to a directory
Disclaimer: Everything is on your own risk


This directory contains two different prototypes. 


1) Translucent WYSIWYG-Tooltips within an application
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File: ToolTipEx.exe

This empty application framework shows translucent previews of dialogs if the mouse cursor
stays over a toolbar button or menu item. Just execute the file.



2) Translucent WYSIWYG-Tooltips on the desktop
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Files: DesktopToolTipEx.exe  The executable to start
       DTTTEx.dll            Dynamic link library needed by the exe file
       Tooltip.conf          Configuration file
       replaceme.bmp         Sample display bitmap

To configure the prototype do the following steps:
- set your desktop to: arrange icons on grid (test-option shows grid cells)
- double-click an icon, make a screenshot of the launched application an save it as bitmap
- add an entry to the Tooltip.conf in the following format (all values are zero-based):
  <column of grid>,<row of grid>:<x pixel of upper left corner>,<y pixel>:<filename of bitmap>
- repeat the last two steps for every icon on the desktop, which should get a preview bitmap.

Start DesktopToolTipEx.exe and click into the desktop to give the desktop the focus.


Contact: Heiko.Drewes@ifi.lmu.de

