C# How to show a text bubble on a user control?

Question

I'm developing an user control in .NET 3.5. As reaction to some event, I would like to show a simple bubble containing a short text on this control, similar to the well-known system tray notification bubbles. I'm sure this is a very easy task, could you give me a quick hint?

Answer 1

you can use a popup control for this (in WPF)

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Answer 2

use ToolTip

System.Windows.Forms.ToolTip myToolTip = new System.Windows.Forms.ToolTip();
myToolTip.IsBalloon = true;
myToolTip.Show("Some text", this.WhereToShow);

Answer 3

Use the ToolTip class -- set IsBalloon = true to get the bubble effect.

Answer 4

Drop a NotifyIcon control onto your form, then call the ShowBalloonTip method of your control.

System.Windows.Forms.NotifyIcon myIcon; // generated by the designer
// more designer code, then your code:
myIcon.ShowBalloonTip(3000, "My Title", "My Text", someIconReference);