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 BeginUpdate and EndUpdate methods to maintain performance while init the control. Use the Refresh method to refresh the control.

The following VB sample shows "Can I change the default border of the tooltip, using your EBN files":

With StatusBar1
	.BeginUpdate 
	.ToolTipDelay = 1
	.ToolTipWidth = 364
	.VisualAppearance.Add 1,"c:\exontrol\images\normal.ebn"
	.Background(exToolTipAppearance) = 16777216
	.Format = "1"
	With .Panel(1)
		.Text = "This is a bit of text that should occurs when the cursor hovers the panel"
		.ToolTipText = .Text
		.ToolTipTitle = "Title"
		.Alignment = exAlignMiddleLeft
	End With
	.EndUpdate 
End With

The following VB.NET sample shows "Can I change the default border of the tooltip, using your EBN files":

With AxStatusBar1
	.BeginUpdate 
	.ToolTipDelay = 1
	.ToolTipWidth = 364
	.VisualAppearance.Add 1,"c:\exontrol\images\normal.ebn"
	.set_Background(EXSTATUSBARLib.BackgroundPartEnum.exToolTipAppearance,16777216)
	.Format = "1"
	With .get_Panel(1)
		.Text = "This is a bit of text that should occurs when the cursor hovers the panel"
		.ToolTipText = .Text
		.ToolTipTitle = "Title"
		.Alignment = EXSTATUSBARLib.TextAlignEnum.exAlignMiddleLeft
	End With
	.EndUpdate 
End With

The following C++ sample shows "Can I change the default border of the tooltip, using your EBN files":

/*
	Copy and paste the following directives to your header file as
	it defines the namespace 'EXSTATUSBARLib' for the library: 'ExStatusBar 1.0 Control Library'

	#import "D:\\Exontrol\\ExStatusBar\\project\\Debug\\ExStatusBar.dll"
	using namespace EXSTATUSBARLib;
*/
EXSTATUSBARLib::IStatusBarPtr spStatusBar1 = GetDlgItem(IDC_STATUSBAR1)->GetControlUnknown();
spStatusBar1->BeginUpdate();
spStatusBar1->PutToolTipDelay(1);
spStatusBar1->PutToolTipWidth(364);
spStatusBar1->GetVisualAppearance()->Add(1,"c:\\exontrol\\images\\normal.ebn");
spStatusBar1->PutBackground(EXSTATUSBARLib::exToolTipAppearance,16777216);
spStatusBar1->PutFormat(L"1");
EXSTATUSBARLib::IPanelPtr var_Panel = spStatusBar1->GetPanel(long(1));
	var_Panel->PutText(L"This is a bit of text that should occurs when the cursor hovers the panel");
	var_Panel->PutToolTipText(var_Panel->GetText());
	var_Panel->PutToolTipTitle(L"Title");
	var_Panel->PutAlignment(EXSTATUSBARLib::exAlignMiddleLeft);
spStatusBar1->EndUpdate();

The following C# sample shows "Can I change the default border of the tooltip, using your EBN files":

axStatusBar1.BeginUpdate();
axStatusBar1.ToolTipDelay = 1;
axStatusBar1.ToolTipWidth = 364;
axStatusBar1.VisualAppearance.Add(1,"c:\\exontrol\\images\\normal.ebn");
axStatusBar1.set_Background(EXSTATUSBARLib.BackgroundPartEnum.exToolTipAppearance,16777216);
axStatusBar1.Format = "1";
EXSTATUSBARLib.Panel var_Panel = axStatusBar1.get_Panel(1);
	var_Panel.Text = "This is a bit of text that should occurs when the cursor hovers the panel";
	var_Panel.ToolTipText = var_Panel.Text;
	var_Panel.ToolTipTitle = "Title";
	var_Panel.Alignment = EXSTATUSBARLib.TextAlignEnum.exAlignMiddleLeft;
axStatusBar1.EndUpdate();

The following VFP sample shows "Can I change the default border of the tooltip, using your EBN files":

with thisform.StatusBar1
	.BeginUpdate
	.ToolTipDelay = 1
	.ToolTipWidth = 364
	.VisualAppearance.Add(1,"c:\exontrol\images\normal.ebn")
	.Background(64) = 16777216
	.Format = "1"
	with .Panel(1)
		.Text = "This is a bit of text that should occurs when the cursor hovers the panel"
		.ToolTipText = .Text
		.ToolTipTitle = "Title"
		.Alignment = 16
	endwith
	.EndUpdate
endwith