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Inside Macintosh: Apple Guide Complete / Part 4 - Scripting Guide Files

Chapter 10 - Guide Script Command Reference / Guide Script Command Descriptions

<Balloon Menu Text>
You can use the <Balloon Menu Text> command to define the text for the help balloon that is displayed when Balloon Help is on and the cursor is in your guide file's menu item in your application's Help menu.
<Balloon Menu Text> balloonText
balloonText
A text string specifying the text for the balloon associated with your guide file's menu item in the application's Help menu.

DESCRIPTION
When Balloon Help is on and the cursor is in a guide file's menu item in the application's Help menu, Apple Guide displays in a help balloon the string defined by the balloonText parameter.

SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS
The <Balloon Menu Text> command should appear once at most in your source files for a specific guide file. If you omit this command when you compile a new guide file, Apple Guide will not display a help balloon for your guide file's menu item.

EXAMPLES
#define the balloon text for the guide file's menu item
# in the Help menu
<Balloon Menu Text> \xAC
"Select this item to get information about how to use 
SurfWriter"

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