Native hints/tooltips under Vista/7 with Delphi 7?

Question

I am trying to reproduce native hints/tooltips under Windows Vista/7 using Delphi7.

I've found a nice component which could solve the issue, but it only partially works. TListView components' tooltips aren't shown. The screen is blinking for a sec but no tooltips are shown.

How can I display native tooltips in Windows with Delphi 7?

Answer 1

With latest Delphi versions, if the option "Enable runtime themes" is checked, the tooltips are like you want them. (If it's unchecked, the background is yellow). I just test it with Delphi XE and TListView (vsIcon & vsReport).

So one easy (but not free) solution is to migrate to a recent Delphi version.