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Balloon Object Members

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Office Developer Reference

Represents the balloon where the Office Assistant displays information. A balloon can contain controls such as check boxes and labels.

Methods

  Name Description
Aa433277.methods(en-us,office.12).gif Close Closes the active modeless balloon. You should use this method only in callback procedures.
Aa433277.methods(en-us,office.12).gif SetAvoidRectangle Prevents the Office Assistant balloon from being displayed in a specified area of the screen.
Aa433277.methods(en-us,office.12).gif Show Displays the specified balloon object. Returns an MsoBalloonButtonType constant that indicates which button or label the user clicked in the balloon.

Properties

  Name Description
Aa433277.properties(en-us,office.12).gif Animation Gets or sets an animation action for the Office Assistant. Read/write.
Aa433277.properties(en-us,office.12).gif Application Gets an Application object that represents the container application for the Balloon object (you can use this property with an Automation object to return that object's container application). Read-only.
Aa433277.properties(en-us,office.12).gif BalloonType Gets or sets the type of balloon the Office Assistant uses. Read/write.
Aa433277.properties(en-us,office.12).gif Button Gets or sets a MsoButtonSetType constant that represents the type of button displayed at the bottom of the Office Assistant balloon. Read/Write.
Aa433277.properties(en-us,office.12).gif Callback Sets or gets the name of the procedure to run from a modeless balloon. Read/write.
Aa433277.properties(en-us,office.12).gif Checkboxes Gets the BalloonCheckboxes collection that represents all the check boxes contained in the specified balloon. Read-only.
Aa433277.properties(en-us,office.12).gif Creator Gets a 32-bit integer that indicates the application in which the Balloon object was created. Read-only.
Aa433277.properties(en-us,office.12).gif Heading Gets or sets the heading that appears in the Office Assistant balloon. Read/write.
Aa433277.properties(en-us,office.12).gif Icon Gets or sets a MsoIconType constant that represents the type of icon that appears in the upper-left portion of the Office Assistant balloon. Read/write.
Aa433277.properties(en-us,office.12).gif Labels Gets a BalloonLabels collection that represents the button labels, number labels, and bullet labels contained in the specified Office Assistant balloon. Read-only.
Aa433277.properties(en-us,office.12).gif Mode Gets or sets a MsoModeType that represents the modal behavior of the Office Assistant balloon. Read/write.
Aa433277.properties(en-us,office.12).gif Name Gets the display name of the Office Assistant balloon. Read-only.
Aa433277.properties(en-us,office.12).gif Parent Gets the Parent object for the Balloon object. Read-only.
Aa433277.properties(en-us,office.12).gif Private Gets or sets an integer that identifies the Office Assistant balloon that initiated the callback procedure. Read/write.
Aa433277.properties(en-us,office.12).gif Text Gets or sets the text displayed after the heading but before the labels or check boxes in the Office Assistant balloon. Read/write.