title: Balloon tips on controls in Delphi 7 with no XP manifest
body: <p>We are using the code here <a href="http://www.delphitricks.com/source-code/forms/show_balloon_tooltips_in_my_delphi_program.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.delphitricks.com/source-code/forms/show_balloon_tooltips_in_my_delphi_program.html</a> to invoke a balloon tip on an TEdit control.</p>
  
  <p>The problem is that the tip only appears if the mouse pointer is over the control, hence code on the OnEnter or OnChange that should show the tip isn't firing. We assume that the code we are using is similar to standard hints that only appear while the mouse is over the control, but we need it to appear wherever the mouse currently is.</p>
  
  <p>FYI, this is so we can emulate what happens when you go into a TEdit control where a password is being entered, and the warning appears if the caps lock is turned on. Sadly we can't use the xpmanifest to do this automatically.</p>
  
  <p>How can we get the tip to be shown if the mouse isn't over it?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks for your help as always.</p>