Infotips not working for files with custom tip handlers

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Infotips not working for files with custom tip handlers

Post by Rhino »

Hi,

I am using a program which implements a custom tooltip handler for MP3 files. This handler displays the MP3 tag info in a tooltip.

Using xplorer (.96 unicode) it does not show the tooltip for MP3 files that Windows Explorer does.

However for "normal" type files (.e.g .TXT ..JPG) the tooltip is shown.


Is this a bug?


Is xplorer using the IQueryInfo::GetInfoTip interface to fetch the text?
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Post by nikos »

although i don't use infotips at all i haven't seen any problems in the past
x2 grabs infotips the standard way (as you said)
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Post by Rhino »

Here is a link to the software (it's free) if you want to try it and compare it to Windows Explorer:

http://www.mutschler.de/mp3ext/
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Post by Rhino »

p.s. I just noticed I posted this in the wrong forum. Could a mod move it please.
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Post by nikos »

i think i know what could be the problem
most of your mp3 files will be above the size limit set in tools | options | general, that's why they won't show

if you make that limit 0 you'll see them, but infotips have been known to be buggy, locking explorer when files get large
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Post by Rhino »

Cool ... works like a champ now.
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