UL_DoBalloon

Revision 1
Revised on 19/03/95 18:36

Description

Display some text in a Balloon Help Balloon. Takes the text to display.

The text is limited to 255 characters, in the default Balloon help font. Balloon help must be switched on for the Balloon to actually be displayed.

Note that this routine requires the HelpBalloons XCMD. Also, note that the XCMD provides many more options for displaying balloons than this routine does. See the documentation for the Help Balloons XCMD for fuller details.

Code

on UL_DoBalloon text
  HelpBalloons showing
  if the result is false then
    HelpBalloons show,the rect of the target,string,text
  end if
end UL_DoBalloon