Balloon Object Members

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

Methods

	Name	Description
	Close	Closes the active modeless balloon. You should use this method only in callback procedures.
	SetAvoidRectangle	Prevents the Office Assistant balloon from being displayed in a specified area of the screen.
	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
	Animation	Gets or sets an animation action for the Office Assistant. Read/write.
	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.
	BalloonType	Gets or sets the type of balloon the Office Assistant uses. Read/write.
	Button	Gets or sets a MsoButtonSetType constant that represents the type of button displayed at the bottom of the Office Assistant balloon. Read/Write.
	Callback	Sets or gets the name of the procedure to run from a modeless balloon. Read/write.
	Checkboxes	>Gets the BalloonCheckboxes collection that represents all the check boxes contained in the specified balloon. Read-only.
	Creator	Gets a 32-bit integer that indicates the application in which the Balloon object was created. Read-only.
	Heading	Gets or sets the heading that appears in the Office Assistant balloon. Read/write.
	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.
	Labels	Gets a BalloonLabels collection that represents the button labels, number labels, and bullet labels contained in the specified Office Assistant balloon. Read-only.
	Mode	Gets or sets a MsoModeType that represents the modal behavior of the Office Assistant balloon. Read/write.
	Name	Gets the display name of the Office Assistant balloon. Read-only.
	Parent	Gets the Parent object for the Balloon object. Read-only.
	Private	Gets or sets an integer that identifies the Office Assistant balloon that initiated the callback procedure. Read/write.
	Text	Gets or sets the text displayed after the heading but before the labels or check boxes in the Office Assistant balloon. Read/write.