Inside Macintosh: Programmer's Guide to MacApp / Part 2 - Working With MacApp

Chapter 30 -
Working With Balloon Help

This chapter describes how MacApp supports Macintosh Balloon Help onscreen assistance. It also demonstrates how to

• specify Balloon Help for a view
• change the help resource associated with a view
• specify Balloon Help for a menu

For related information, see "Cursor Handling," beginning on page 221, which describes how MacApp automatically tracks the cursor and gives each view a chance to change the cursor image while the cursor is over that view.

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Chapter Contents

Overview

MacApp's Help Balloon Support

Supplying Balloon Help for a View

Supplying Balloon Help for a Menu

More Information

Recipes--Balloon Help

Recipe--Specifying Balloon Help for a View

Adding an 'hdlg' Resource to Your Resource Definition File

Associating the Help Resource With a View

Recipe--Changing the Help Resource Associated With a View

Recipe--Using Balloon Help With a Menu