myTooltip.autoShow = true;

myTooltip.content = "AFC Tooltip Component";

// or

// assuming contentStyle.textHTML = true
myTooltip.content = "AFC <b>Tooltip</b> Component";

// or

myTooltip.content =  new XML("<root>some text</root>");

// or

myTooltip.content = new AnyType(); // Tooltip will try to get content of toString() method.

import com.afcomponents.tooltip.ContentType;

myTooltip.contentStyle.type = ContentType.IMAGE;
myTooltip.content = new URLRequest("some_image_url");

// or

myTooltip.content = "some_image_url";

import com.afcomponents.tooltip.ContentType;

myTooltip.contentStyle.type = ContentType.INSTANCE;
myTooltip.content = LinkageClassFromLibrary

// or

// build a sprite
var mySprite = new Sprite();

mySprite.graphics.beginFill(0xFF3399);
mySprite.graphics.drawRect(0, 0, 100, 30);
mySprite.graphics.endFill();

// set tooltip content
myTooltip.type = ContentType.INSTANCE;
myTooltip.content = mySprite;

myTooltip.contentStyle = {textColor: 0xFF0000, textFont: "courier", textEmbed: false, textSize: 12, textHTML: true, textAlign: "left", horizontalPadding: 5, verticalPadding: 5, autoSize: true, scaleContent: false, maintainAspectRatio: false};

myTooltip.drag = true;

myTooltip.dragBounds = {enabled: true, global: false, x:0, width:100, y:0, height:100}

myTooltip.dropShadowFilter = {distance:5, angle:45, color:0xff0000, alpha:1, blurX:5, blurY:5, strength:1, quality:1, inner:false, knockout:false, hideObject:false};

import flash.filters.DropShadowFilter;
var myFilter = new DropShadowFilter(5, 45, 0xFF0000, .75, 5, 5, 1, 1, false, false, false);
myTooltip.filters = [myFilter]

myTooltip.shapeStyle = {fill:true, fillColor:0xFFFF00ff, stroke:true, strokeColor:0xFF0000ff, strokeThickness: 2, cornerRadius: 5};

myTooltip.tailStyle = {enabled: true, width: 10, height: 15, offset: 0, position: "left"};

import com.afcomponents.common.transitions.*;
myTooltip.transition = new Fade();

myTooltip.delay = {enabled: true, show:3, hide:0};

myTooltip.show();

myTooltip.showNow();

myTooltip.hide();

myTooltip.hideNow();

myTooltip.moveTo(10,20);

myTooltip.addOwner(my_mc);

myTooltip.removeOwner(my_mc);

import com.afcomponents.tooltip.ContentType;

// text
myTooltip.setContent("This is a test.", ContentType.TEXT);

// image
myTooltip.setContent("images/logo.gif", ContentType.IMAGE);

// sprite or class
myTooltip.setContent(my_mc, ContentType.INSTANCE);

import com.afcomponents.events.ComponentEvent;

function eventHandler(event:ComponentEvent){
    trace(event.type);
}
myTooltip.addEventListener(ComponentEvent.INITIALIZE, eventHandler);

import com.afcomponents.events.TooltipEvent;
import com.afcomponents.tooltip.*;

function eventHandler(event:TooltipEvent){
trace(event.type);
}
myTooltip.addEventListener(TooltipEvent.CHANGE, eventHandler);
myTooltip.type = ContentType.TEXT;
myTooltip.content = "Tooltip Component v4.0";

import com.afcomponents.events.TooltipEvent;

function eventHandler(event:Event){
trace(event.type);
trace(event.target);
}
myTooltip.addEventListener(TooltipEvent.DRAG_START, eventHandler);

import com.afcomponents.events.TooltipEvent;

function eventHandler(event:Event){
trace(event.type);
trace(event.target);
}
myTooltip.addEventListener(TooltipEvent.DRAG, eventHandler);

import com.afcomponents.events.TooltipEvent;

function eventHandler(event:Event){
trace(event.type);
trace(event.target);
}
myTooltip.addEventListener(TooltipEvent.DRAG_STOP, eventHandler);

import com.afcomponents.events.AnimationEvent;

function eventHandler(event:Event){
trace(event.type);
trace(event.target);
}
myTooltip.transition.addEventListener(AnimationEvent.START, eventHandler);

import com.afcomponents.events.AnimationEvent;

function eventHandler(event:Event){
trace(event.type);
trace(event.target);
}
myTooltip.transition.addEventListener(AnimationEvent.PROGRESS, eventHandler);

import com.afcomponents.events.AnimationEvent;

function eventHandler(event:Event){
trace(event.type);
trace(event.target);
}
myTooltip.transition.addEventListener(AnimationEvent.STOP, eventHandler)

import flash.events.*;
import com.afcomponents.tooltip.ContentType;

function eventHandler(event:Event){
trace(event.type);
}
myTooltip.addEventListener(Event.OPEN, eventHandler);
myTooltip.setContent('http://www.afcomponents.com/components/img_gallery/img_1.jpg', ContentType.IMAGE);

import flash.events.ProgressEvent;
import com.afcomponents.tooltip.*;

function eventHandler(event:ProgressEvent){
trace(event.type);
}
myTooltip.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS, eventHandler);
myTooltip.setContent('some_url', ContentType.IMAGE);

import flash.events.Event;
import com.afcomponents.tooltip.*;

function eventHandler(event:Event){
trace(event.type);
}
myTooltip.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, eventHandler);
myTooltip.setContent('some_url', ContentType.IMAGE);

import flash.events.*;
import com.afcomponents.tooltip.ContentType;

function eventHandler(event:IOErrorEvent){
trace(event.type);
}
myTooltip.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, eventHandler);
myTooltip.setContent('http://www.afcomponents.com/components/img_gallery/error_io.jpg', ContentType.IMAGE);

import flash.events.*;
import com.afcomponents.tooltip.ContentType;

function eventHandler(event:SecurityErrorEvent){
trace(event.type);
trace(event.target);
}
myTooltip.addEventListener(SecurityErrorEvent.SECURITY_ERROR, eventHandler);
myTooltip.setContent('image.jpg', ContentType.IMAGE);