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Balloon Help as a non-modal replacement for MessageBox()

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Although sometimes useful, message boxes used to display information are often just annoying. This article describes a non-modal replacement.
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// Generated from the TEXTINCLUDE 2 resource.
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/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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#endif    // APSTUDIO_INVOKED


/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//
// Icon
//

// Icon with lowest ID value placed first to ensure application icon
// remains consistent on all systems.
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/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//
// Dialog
//

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STYLE DS_MODALFRAME | DS_FIXEDSYS | DS_CENTER | WS_POPUP | WS_VISIBLE | 
    WS_CAPTION | WS_SYSMENU
EXSTYLE WS_EX_CONTEXTHELP | WS_EX_APPWINDOW
CAPTION "Balloon Test"
FONT 8, "MS Shell Dlg"
BEGIN
    LTEXT           "Use the context help button on the caption (above) to view help on any control...",
                    IDC_STATIC,7,7,314,13
    LTEXT           "   Below, enter two numbers.  The first number will be divided by the second, and the result shown.  To make things interesting, try making the second number zero!",
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/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//
// DESIGNINFO
//

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BEGIN
    IDD_BALLOONTEST_DIALOG, DIALOG
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        LEFTMARGIN, 7
        RIGHTMARGIN, 321
        TOPMARGIN, 7
        BOTTOMMARGIN, 127
    END
END
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/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//
// RT_MANIFEST
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#ifndef APSTUDIO_INVOKED
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#define _AFX_NO_TRACKER_RESOURCES
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#if !defined(AFX_RESOURCE_DLL) || defined(AFX_TARG_ENU)
LANGUAGE 9, 1
#pragma code_page(1252)
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#include "afxres.rc"         // Standard components
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