Custom ToolTip is wonky

[CardTracker]

I've defined a custom ToolTip draw method for one of my tool tips, and it isn't behaving properly.

I'm using C#.NET 2005, creating a Windows-based application.

The problem is, the custom ToolTip_Draw method doesn't delay or use any of the other settings defined by the toolTip. When I mouse over an image, the tooltip pops up RIGHT AWAY, generally obscuring what I'm looking at. It also stays around for quite a while, and follows the mouse around for a while.

What do I need to do to keep all the other settings the same, but just customize the tooltip when it is drawn?






Here's my code for the ToolTip_Draw method


private void cardToolTip_Draw(object sender, DrawToolTipEventArgs e)
{
Card.drawToolTipText(sender, e);
}



Here's the code called by that method:

public static void drawToolTipText(object sender, DrawToolTipEventArgs e)
{
Font drawFont = new Font("Times New Roman", 9);
drawFont = new Font(e.Font, new FontStyle());
Font drawFont_default = new Font(drawFont, new FontStyle());
Brush drawBrush = new SolidBrush(Color.Black);
StringFormat drawStrFormat = new StringFormat();
int yShiftIncrement = 15;

e.DrawBackground();
e.DrawBorder();
//split the string into rows, and draw each row seperatley
string tempString_completeText = e.ToolTipText;
tempString_completeText = tempString_completeText.Replace("<i>", "{<i>}");
tempString_completeText = tempString_completeText.Replace("</i>", "{</i>}");
string[] tooltipText_line = tempString_completeText.Split(new string[] { "\r\n", "\n" }, new StringSplitOptions());
int yShift = 5;

for (int i = 0; i <= tooltipText_line.Length - 1; i++)
{//for each row, draw the text and/or icons

if (i > 0)
yShift += yShiftIncrement;
if (tooltipText_line[i].Contains("{"))
{//if the row has an icon in it, process the information

//slpit the string into pieces, using the '{' and '}' designaters
string[] tooltipLine_piece = tooltipText_line[i].Split(new string[] { "}{", "} {", "{", "}" }, new StringSplitOptions());

//create an array of icons, one for each chunk of text
Image[] manaIcons = new Image[tooltipLine_piece.Length];
for (int j = 0; j <= tooltipLine_piece.Length - 1; j++)
manaIcons[j] = Card.getManaIcon(tooltipLine_piece[j]);

int xShift = 5;
for (int j = 0; j <= manaIcons.Length - 1; j++)
{//for each section of the string
if (manaIcons[j].Tag.ToString() == "null_mana")
{

if (tooltipLine_piece[j].Contains("<i>"))
{//if the font format changes to italic
drawFont = new Font(drawFont, FontStyle.Italic);
tooltipLine_piece[j] = tooltipLine_piece[j].Replace("<i>", "");
}
else
{//if the font format changes to NOT italic
if (tooltipLine_piece[j].Contains("</i>"))
{
drawFont = new Font(drawFont_default, new FontStyle());
tooltipLine_piece[j] = tooltipLine_piece[j].Replace("</i>", "");
}
}

//draw the string and measure it's pixel length
if (tooltipLine_piece[j].Trim() != "")
{
e.Graphics.DrawString(tooltipLine_piece[j], drawFont, drawBrush, xShift, yShift, drawStrFormat);
xShift += (int)(e.Graphics.MeasureString(tooltipLine_piece[j] + ".", drawFont)).Width;
}
}
else
{
e.Graphics.DrawImage(manaIcons[j], xShift, yShift, 12, 12);
xShift += 12;
}
}
}//end if(icon in row)
else
{//else, just draw the text
if (tooltipText_line[i].Trim() != "")
e.Graphics.DrawString(tooltipText_line[i], drawFont, drawBrush, 5, yShift, drawStrFormat);
else
yShift -= yShiftIncrement;
}
}
}


Thanks for any help/advice you can give. This bug is really getting annoying. >_<