Class TooltipProvider

The one-stop shop for asynchronous tooltips. This class takes a tooltip hint and through the static GetTooltip(String) method converts it into a tooltip. The underlying tooltip providers are dynamically loaded plugins.

Due to the possibility of fairly expensive operations behind the tooltip, this system SHOULD NOT be used to mass-produce tooltips in some tight loop. Call the tooltip provider only when you know that the user actually needs a tooltip here and now.

Inheritance

Object

TooltipProvider

Namespace: SuperOffice.CRM.Tooltips

Assembly: SoDataBase.dll

Syntax

public static class TooltipProvider : Object

Remarks

Tooltip plugin providers must implement the SuperOffice.CRM.Tooltips.ITooltipProviderPlugin interface, and are welcome to use the TooltipPluginBase base class as well.

A trivial tooltip example:

string myTooltip = TooltipProvider.GetTooltip("{contact_id=" + myContactId + "}");

Methods

GetTooltip(String)

Process the incoming hint, and return a tooltip. The tooltip is either a parseable tooltip hint, or a literal text.

Declaration

public static string GetTooltip(string tooltipHint)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
String	tooltipHint	Tooltip hint, or literal text

Returns

Type	Description
String	Formatted tooltip, possibly including image tags or other metainformation

Remarks

If it is a literal, it may be formatted according to current tooltip rules, and is then returned. A tooltip hint has the syntax {<id>=<value>[<id>=<value>]...}, ie., curly braces around the whole string, and one or more id/value pairs. The delimiter within each pair is an equals sign, and the delimiter between pairs is an ampersand. A typical hint is {contact_id=5}. Another possible hint would be {contact_id=123&simple=true}.

Id's are case-insensitive, using the OrdinalIgnoreCase comparer provided by the .NET framework.

GetTooltipHintValue(String)

Get the inner value of a dynamic tooltip hint - or nothing, if the tooltip is not a dynamic hint. Dynamic hints are delimited by braces and contain at least one name value pair.

Declaration

public static string GetTooltipHintValue(string delimitedHint)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
String	delimitedHint	Tooltip hint, including the braces

Returns

Type	Description
String	Tooltip hint minus the braces, or string.Empty if no braces were present (then this is not a dynamic hint at all)

Remarks

Tooltip plugin providers must implement the SuperOffice.CRM.Tooltips.ITooltipProviderPlugin interface, and are welcome to use the TooltipPluginBase base class as well.

A trivial tooltip example:

string myTooltip = TooltipProvider.GetTooltip("{contact_id=" + myContactId + "}");

MakeImageHint(String, Int32, Boolean)

Utility method for creating an image hint with the correct syntax, from a key and id combination. If you are programming something that is derived from TooltipPluginBase, using the MakeImageHint(String, Int32) is somewhat simpler than using this method.

Declaration

public static string MakeImageHint(string key, int id, bool wantImage)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
String	key	Key name, for instance person_id. This key must be something that is recognized by the image streaming service.
Int32	id	ID for the given key
Boolean	wantImage	Should the image hint be created; if false, an empty string will be returned

Returns

Type	Description
String	Image hint

Remarks

Tooltip plugin providers must implement the SuperOffice.CRM.Tooltips.ITooltipProviderPlugin interface, and are welcome to use the TooltipPluginBase base class as well.

A trivial tooltip example:

string myTooltip = TooltipProvider.GetTooltip("{contact_id=" + myContactId + "}");

MakeTooltipHint(String)

Utility method for creating a tooltip hint with the correct syntax, from a single key and single value

Declaration

public static string MakeTooltipHint(string keyAndValue)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
String	keyAndValue	Key and value with an equals sign as the delimiter

Returns

Type	Description
String	Tooltip hint

Remarks

Tooltip plugin providers must implement the SuperOffice.CRM.Tooltips.ITooltipProviderPlugin interface, and are welcome to use the TooltipPluginBase base class as well.

A trivial tooltip example:

string myTooltip = TooltipProvider.GetTooltip("{contact_id=" + myContactId + "}");

MakeTooltipHint(String, Int32)

Utility method for creating a tooltip hint with the correct syntax, from a single key and single value

Declaration

public static string MakeTooltipHint(string key, int value)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
String	key	Key name
Int32	value	Key value

Returns

Type	Description
String	Tooltip hint

Remarks

Tooltip plugin providers must implement the SuperOffice.CRM.Tooltips.ITooltipProviderPlugin interface, and are welcome to use the TooltipPluginBase base class as well.

A trivial tooltip example:

string myTooltip = TooltipProvider.GetTooltip("{contact_id=" + myContactId + "}");