Is it possible to set tooltips from schema definition?

Question

Hi,
I'm setting up my form to use a schema to bind fields.  What I'd like to do is to be able to define the tooltip to use for the field within the schema (so that for example when someone drags the field onto the form the tooltip is all set up too).
Is this possible, I can't find any way of doing it.
Thanks!

Answer 1

Hi Ben,
If you are trying to bind the tooltip of a field to an element in your data connection, then you can do that once "Show Dynamic Properties" is set in Options ... Data Binding, the Tooltip caption in the Accessibility pallette becomes a hyperlink that opens the binding dialog.
If by within the schema you mean the under the annotation or documentation elements then, there doesn't seem to be a way to do it automatically but you can script it.  Refer to this document on schema binding generally http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/en/livecycle/lc_designer_XML_schemas.pdf and this post on Schema Metadata http://forms.stefcameron.com/2009/08/28/schema-metadata/.
That example uses Dublin Core appinfo but a documentation element works as well, so a schema element defined as;
   <xs:attribute name="timezone" type="xs:string" use="required">
    <xs:annotation>
     <xs:documentation>
            User time zone. This is not a time zone of any calendar, but the time zone in which events appear on Calendar UI. Long format time zone ID (not PST, but America/Los_Angeles)
     </xs:documentation>
    </xs:annotation>
   </xs:attribute>
Will have the documentation text added to the bound field under the <desc> element (If you have "Generate Descriptive Information" set).
<desc>
    <exData name="Schema Annotation">User time zone. This is not a time zone of any calendar, but the time zone in which events appear on Calendar UI. Long format time zone ID (not PST, but America/Los_Angeles)</exData>
</desc>
So in the initialise event of the field you could place the following JavaScript (where TZ is the field name).
TZ.assist.toolTip.value = TZ.desc.nodes.namedItem('Schema Annotation').value;
Regards
Bruce