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.

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
- res
  - 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
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
balloonhelpr2_src.zip
- BalloonHelp.cpp
- BalloonHelp.h
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
- BalloonTest.ico
- BalloonTest.manifest
- BalloonTest.rc2
- 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

Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 7.00
Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "BalloonTest", "BalloonTest.vcproj", "{DCB4389F-1462-4FC6-B69C-99D385103F55}"
EndProject
Global
	GlobalSection(SolutionConfiguration) = preSolution
		ConfigName.0 = Debug
		ConfigName.1 = Release
	EndGlobalSection
	GlobalSection(ProjectDependencies) = postSolution
	EndGlobalSection
	GlobalSection(ProjectConfiguration) = postSolution
		{DCB4389F-1462-4FC6-B69C-99D385103F55}.Debug.ActiveCfg = Debug|Win32
		{DCB4389F-1462-4FC6-B69C-99D385103F55}.Debug.Build.0 = Debug|Win32
		{DCB4389F-1462-4FC6-B69C-99D385103F55}.Release.ActiveCfg = Release|Win32
		{DCB4389F-1462-4FC6-B69C-99D385103F55}.Release.Build.0 = Release|Win32
	EndGlobalSection
	GlobalSection(ExtensibilityGlobals) = postSolution
	EndGlobalSection
	GlobalSection(ExtensibilityAddIns) = postSolution
	EndGlobalSection
EndGlobal

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