Custom ToolTip is wonky

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

Code:

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

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Here's the code called by that method:

Code:

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        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;
                }
            }
        }

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