Tiens un exemple trouvé sur la msdn !!
hwndToolTips = CreateWindow(TOOLTIPS_CLASS,
NULL,
WS_POPUP | TTS_NOPREFIX | TTS_BALLOON,
0, 0,
0, 0,
NULL, NULL,
g_hinst,
NULL);
if (hwndTooltip)
{
// Do the standard ToolTip coding.
TOOLINFO ti;
ti.cbSize = sizeof(ti);
ti.uFlags = TTF_TRANSPARENT | TTF_CENTERTIP;
ti.hwnd = hwnd;
ti.uId = 0;
ti.hinst = NULL;
ti.lpszText = LPSTR_TEXTCALLBACK;
GetClientRect(hwnd, &ti.rect);
SendMessage(hwndToolTips, TTM_ADDTOOL, 0, (LPARAM) &ti );
}
cf http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/shellcc/platform/commctls/tooltip/usingtooltips.asp