I didn't know what to put for a subject, so I just tell you a problem
requirement they want for my ap. If the user hovers over a disabled control,
they want a text bubble to explain why it's disabled. (This does not seem
unreasonable. There are tool tip bubbles coming up on the disabled toolbar
buttons on my email reader right now.)
Now the ToolTipProvider will not show a tip on a disabled control. Okay I
don't mind programming my own, but you don't get any events to react to
from a disabled control (do you? just one?) So how am I supposed to know
when to show this text? I'm trying to fake out being disabled by having a
usercontrol with a "fake disabled" property that will disable all the child
controls, but the UserControl can still receive events. This is not great,
though -- anyone know of any other way?
The problem with this UserControl fake is, well...
I don't want to respond to most events when it's disabled. I just want a
"mouse hover" or enter/leave or something.) For everything else, I have to
put "if (!fake_disabled)" around the whole thing. (This is a big deal
because pretty much all the controls we will use are of this nature, and
we're talking many many textboxes and checkboxes and buttons on many many
forms. That's thousands of events with this extra line of code we have to
type in every one.) Is there any possible way I could do something in the
UserControl to avoid dealing with all those events I don't want to respond
to when fake_disabled, and only allow the one I do want?
Thanks if you have any help at all...
-Rachel
