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papeh merged 1 commit into from
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LT-21549: Remove ShowBalloonHelp #651

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5 changes: 1 addition & 4 deletions DistFiles/Language Explorer/Configuration/Main.xml
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Expand Up @@ -603,8 +603,6 @@
<item command="CmdNewWindow"/>
</menu>
<menu id="Help" label="_Help">
<!-- <item label="Show Help Balloons" boolProperty="ShowBalloonHelp" />
<separator />-->
<item command="CmdHelpLanguageExplorer"/>
<item command="CmdHelpTraining"/>
<item command="CmdHelpDemoMovies"/>
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -969,9 +967,8 @@ I (RandyR) brought them into this file, just to keep track of them for the time

<property name="InitialArea" value="lexicon" settingsGroup="local"/>
<property name="DoLog" bool="true" persist="false"/>
<!-- ShowBalloonHelp and ShowMorphBundles are no longer supported in GUI, but still in the code.
<!-- ShowMorphBundles is no longer supported in GUI, but still in the code.
So, add a default value here in order to prevent it from persisting -->
<property name="ShowBalloonHelp" bool="false" persist="false"/>
<property name="ShowMorphBundles" bool="true" persist="false" settingsGroup="local"/>
<!-- Default splitter values -->
<!-- <property name="PartsOfSpeech.editBasic.DataTree-Splitter" intValue="200"/>
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9 changes: 0 additions & 9 deletions Src/xWorks/FwXWindow.cs
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Expand Up @@ -1020,16 +1020,7 @@ public bool OnChooseLangProject(object command)
{
CheckDisposed();

//there appears to be a problem with the DotNetBar balloon help which causes
//it to crash when the user hovers over something that should have a balloon but that window
//is behind a modeless dialog.
var balloonActive = m_propertyTable.GetBoolProperty("ShowBalloonHelp", false);
m_propertyTable.SetProperty("ShowBalloonHelp", false, true);

m_delegate.FileOpen(this);

m_propertyTable.SetProperty("ShowBalloonHelp", balloonActive, true);

return true;
}

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