Question Call-Out

[solfinker]

Hello!
I'd like to make some call-outs that appear on mousehover with some information inside.

The easiest way to me is using MsgBox, but as far as I know, they have a fixed and ugly layout
If I use a picturebox with a nice design, I suppose I would have to put on it some labels with the information I want within the call-out. It appears I could be the straightforward way to do it.
And finally I suppose I could use different forms instead of the pictureboxes.

Is there a more suitable way to do this?

Thanks for your advice.

 

[JohnH]

Standard component for that is the ToolTip component. Notice especially difference in appearance when you toggle IsBallon property and use ToolTipIcon property.

Depending on context there are also the HelpProvider and ErrorProvider components to provide additional information to user about controls/input.

Basic usage of these kind of components are the same, you just add one to a form, then select a control and set a text in a new property that is added, for example "ToolTip on ToolTip1" property when you have added a ToolTip component named "ToolTip1".