The Background property specifies a background color or a visual appearance for specific parts in the control. If the Background property is 0, the control draws the part as default. Use the Add method to add new skins to the control. Use the Remove method to remove a specific skin from the control. Use the Clear method to remove all skins in the control. Use the Refresh method to refresh the control. Use the Invalid/Warning/ShowToolTip to display a tooltip.

The following screen shot shows the control's tooltip with a new visual apperance:

The following sample shows how you can change the tooltip's visual appearance:

VBA (MS Access, Excell...)

With MaskEdit1
	.VisualAppearance.Add 1,"c:\exontrol\images\normal.ebn"
	.Background(64) = &H1000000
	.Warning = "Invalid character"
	.Mask = "`Time: ` 00:00:00"
End With

VB6

With MaskEdit1
	.VisualAppearance.Add 1,"c:\exontrol\images\normal.ebn"
	.Background(exToolTipAppearance) = &H1000000
	.Warning = "Invalid character"
	.Mask = "`Time: ` 00:00:00"
End With

VB.NET

With Exmaskedit1
	.VisualAppearance.Add(1,"c:\exontrol\images\normal.ebn")
	.set_Background32(exontrol.EXMASKEDITLib.BackgroundPartEnum.exToolTipAppearance,&H1000000)
	.Warning = "Invalid character"
	.Mask = "`Time: ` 00:00:00"
End With

VB.NET for /COM

With AxMaskEdit1
	.VisualAppearance.Add(1,"c:\exontrol\images\normal.ebn")
	.set_Background(EXMASKEDITLib.BackgroundPartEnum.exToolTipAppearance,16777216)
	.Warning = "Invalid character"
	.Mask = "`Time: ` 00:00:00"
End With

C++

/*
	Copy and paste the following directives to your header file as
	it defines the namespace 'EXMASKEDITLib' for the library: 'ExMaskEdit 7.1 Control Library'

	#import <MaskEdit.dll>
	using namespace EXMASKEDITLib;
*/
EXMASKEDITLib::IMaskEditPtr spMaskEdit1 = GetDlgItem(IDC_MASKEDIT1)->GetControlUnknown();
spMaskEdit1->GetVisualAppearance()->Add(1,"c:\\exontrol\\images\\normal.ebn");
spMaskEdit1->PutBackground(EXMASKEDITLib::exToolTipAppearance,0x1000000);
spMaskEdit1->PutWarning(L"Invalid character");
spMaskEdit1->PutMask(L"`Time: ` 00:00:00");

C++ Builder

MaskEdit1->VisualAppearance->Add(1,TVariant("c:\\exontrol\\images\\normal.ebn"));
MaskEdit1->Background[Exmaskeditlib_tlb::BackgroundPartEnum::exToolTipAppearance] = 0x1000000;
MaskEdit1->Warning = L"Invalid character";
MaskEdit1->Mask = L"`Time: ` 00:00:00";

C#

exmaskedit1.VisualAppearance.Add(1,"c:\\exontrol\\images\\normal.ebn");
exmaskedit1.set_Background32(exontrol.EXMASKEDITLib.BackgroundPartEnum.exToolTipAppearance,0x1000000);
exmaskedit1.Warning = "Invalid character";
exmaskedit1.Mask = "`Time: ` 00:00:00";

JavaScript

<OBJECT classid="clsid:43F80262-F652-11D3-AD39-00C0DFC59237" id="MaskEdit1"></OBJECT>

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JScript">
	MaskEdit1.VisualAppearance.Add(1,"c:\\exontrol\\images\\normal.ebn");
	MaskEdit1.Background(64) = 16777216;
	MaskEdit1.Warning = "Invalid character";
	MaskEdit1.Mask = "`Time: ` 00:00:00";
</SCRIPT>

C# for /COM

axMaskEdit1.VisualAppearance.Add(1,"c:\\exontrol\\images\\normal.ebn");
axMaskEdit1.set_Background(EXMASKEDITLib.BackgroundPartEnum.exToolTipAppearance,0x1000000);
axMaskEdit1.Warning = "Invalid character";
axMaskEdit1.Mask = "`Time: ` 00:00:00";

X++ (Dynamics Ax 2009)

public void init()
{
	;

	super();

	exmaskedit1.VisualAppearance().Add(1,"c:\\exontrol\\images\\normal.ebn");
	exmaskedit1.Background(64/*exToolTipAppearance*/,0x1000000);
	exmaskedit1.Warning("Invalid character");
	exmaskedit1.Mask("`Time: ` 00:00:00");
}

Delphi 8 (.NET only)

with AxMaskEdit1 do
begin
	VisualAppearance.Add(1,'c:\exontrol\images\normal.ebn');
	set_Background(EXMASKEDITLib.BackgroundPartEnum.exToolTipAppearance,$1000000);
	Warning := 'Invalid character';
	Mask := '`Time: ` 00:00:00';
end

Delphi (standard)

with MaskEdit1 do
begin
	VisualAppearance.Add(1,'c:\exontrol\images\normal.ebn');
	Background[EXMASKEDITLib_TLB.exToolTipAppearance] := $1000000;
	Warning := 'Invalid character';
	Mask := '`Time: ` 00:00:00';
end

VFP

with thisform.MaskEdit1
	.VisualAppearance.Add(1,"c:\exontrol\images\normal.ebn")
	.Object.Background(64) = 0x1000000
	.Warning = "Invalid character"
	.Mask = "`Time: ` 00:00:00"
endwith

dBASE Plus

local oMaskEdit

oMaskEdit = form.Activex1.nativeObject
oMaskEdit.VisualAppearance.Add(1,"c:\exontrol\images\normal.ebn")
oMaskEdit.Template = [Background(64) = 0x1000000] // oMaskEdit.Background(64) = 0x1000000
oMaskEdit.Warning = "Invalid character"
oMaskEdit.Mask = "`Time: ` 00:00:00"

XBasic (Alpha Five)

Dim oMaskEdit as P

oMaskEdit = topparent:CONTROL_ACTIVEX1.activex
oMaskEdit.VisualAppearance.Add(1,"c:\exontrol\images\normal.ebn")
oMaskEdit.Template = "Background(64) = 16777216" ' oMaskEdit.Background(64) = 16777216
oMaskEdit.Warning = "Invalid character"
oMaskEdit.Mask = "`Time: ` 00:00:00"

Visual Objects

oDCOCX_Exontrol1:VisualAppearance:Add(1,"c:\exontrol\images\normal.ebn")
oDCOCX_Exontrol1:[Background,exToolTipAppearance] := 0x1000000
oDCOCX_Exontrol1:Warning := "Invalid character"
oDCOCX_Exontrol1:Mask := "`Time: ` 00:00:00"

PowerBuilder

OleObject oMaskEdit

oMaskEdit = ole_1.Object
oMaskEdit.VisualAppearance.Add(1,"c:\exontrol\images\normal.ebn")
oMaskEdit.Background(64,16777216 /*0x1000000*/)
oMaskEdit.Warning = "Invalid character"
oMaskEdit.Mask = "`Time: ` 00:00:00"

Visual DataFlex

Procedure OnCreate
	Forward Send OnCreate
	Variant voAppearance
	Get ComVisualAppearance to voAppearance
	Handle hoAppearance
	Get Create (RefClass(cComAppearance)) to hoAppearance
	Set pvComObject of hoAppearance to voAppearance
		Get ComAdd of hoAppearance 1 "c:\exontrol\images\normal.ebn" to Nothing
	Send Destroy to hoAppearance
	Set ComBackground OLEexToolTipAppearance to |CI$1000000
	Set ComWarning to "Invalid character"
	Set ComMask to "`Time: ` 00:00:00"
End_Procedure