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

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7 Aug 2002CPOL13 min read

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Although sometimes useful, message boxes used to display information are often just annoying. This article describes a non-modal replacement.

balloonhelpr3_src.zip
balloonhelpr3_demo.zip
- BalloonHelp.cpp
- BalloonHelp.h
- BalloonHelp.html
- BalloonTest.cpp
- BalloonTest.dsp
- BalloonTest.dsw
- BalloonTest.exe
- BalloonTest.h
- BalloonTest.rc
- BalloonTestDlg.cpp
- BalloonTestDlg.h
- RES
  - BalloonTest.ico
  - BalloonTest.manifest
  - BalloonTest.rc2
- Resource.h
- StdAfx.cpp
- StdAfx.h
balloonhelpr2_src.zip
- BalloonHelp.cpp
- BalloonHelp.h
balloonhelpr2_demo.zip
- BalloonHelp.cpp
- BalloonHelp.h
- BalloonHelp.html
- BalloonTest.cpp
- BalloonTest.dsp
- BalloonTest.dsw
- BalloonTest.exe
- BalloonTest.h
- BalloonTest.rc
- BalloonTestDlg.cpp
- BalloonTestDlg.h
- BalloonTest.ico
- BalloonTest.manifest
- BalloonTest.rc2
- Resource.h
- StdAfx.cpp
- StdAfx.h
bh-atl.zip
- BalloonHelp.cpp
- BalloonHelp.h
- BalloonTest.cpp
- BalloonTest.dsp
- BalloonTest.dsw
- BalloonTest.h
- BalloonTest.idl
- BalloonTest.rc
- BalloonTest.rgs
- BalloonTest.sln
- BalloonTest.suo
- BalloonTest.vcproj
- BalloonTest_i.c
- BalloonTest_i.h
- BalloonTestDlg.cpp
- BalloonTestDlg.h
- BalloonTestps.def
- BalloonTestps.mk
- BalloonTest.ico
- BalloonTest.manifest
- BalloonTest.rc2
- resource.h
- StdAfx.cpp
- StdAfx.h
wtl_balloonhelp_demo.zip
- BalloonTest
  - BalloonHelp.cpp
  - BalloonHelp.h
  - BalloonTest.cpp
  - BalloonTest.dsp
  - BalloonTest.h
  - BalloonTest.rc
  - maindlg.cpp
  - maindlg.h
  - Release
    - BalloonTest.exe
  - res
    - BalloonTest.exe.manifest
    - BalloonTest.ico
    - bob.bmp
  - resource.h
  - stdafx.cpp
  - stdafx.h
balloonhelp_demo.zip
- BalloonHelp.cpp
- BalloonHelp.h
- BalloonHelp.html
- BalloonTest.cpp
- BalloonTest.dsp
- BalloonTest.dsw
- BalloonTest.exe
- BalloonTest.h
- BalloonTest.rc
- BalloonTestDlg.cpp
- BalloonTestDlg.h
- BalloonTest.ico
- BalloonTest.manifest
- BalloonTest.rc2
- Resource.h
- StdAfx.cpp
- StdAfx.h
balloonhelp_src.zip

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<assembly xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1" manifestVersion="1.0">
<assemblyIdentity 
	version="1.0.0.0" 
	processorArchitecture="x86" 
	name="BalloonTest" 
	type="win32" 
/> 
<description>
	BalloonTest Application
</description>
<dependency>
	<dependentAssembly>
		<assemblyIdentity 
			type="win32" 
			name="Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls" 
			version="6.0.0.0" 
			processorArchitecture="x86" 
			publicKeyToken="6595b64144ccf1df" 
			language="*" 
		/>
	</dependentAssembly>
</dependency>
</assembly>

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