Balloon Members

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Represents the balloon where the Office Assistant displays information.

The Balloon type exposes the following members.

Properties

  Name Description
Public property Animation Returns or sets an animation action for the Office Assistant.
Public property Application (Inherited from _IMsoDispObj.)
Public property Application Returns an Application object that represents the container application for the object.
Public property BalloonType Returns or sets the type of balloon the Office Assistant uses.
Public property Button Returns or sets the type of button displayed at the bottom of the Office Assistant balloon.
Public property Callback Returns or sets the name of the procedure to run from a modeless balloon.
Public property Checkboxes Returns the BalloonCheckboxes collection that represents all the check boxes contained in the specified balloon.
Public property Creator (Inherited from _IMsoDispObj.)
Public property Creator Returns a 32-bit integer that indicates the application in which the specified object was created.
Public property Heading Returns or sets the heading that appears in the Office Assistant balloon.
Public property Icon Returns or sets the type of icon that appears in the upper-left portion of the Office Assistant balloon.
Public property Labels Returns a BalloonLabels collection that represents the button labels, number labels, and bullet labels contained in the specified Office Assistant balloon.
Public property Mode Returns or sets the modal behavior of the Office Assistant balloon.
Public property Name Returns or sets the name of the specified object.
Public property Parent Returns the parent object for the specified object.
Public property Private Returns or sets an integer that identifies the Office Assistant balloon that initiated the callback procedure.
Public property Text Returns or sets the text displayed after the heading but before the labels or check boxes in the Office Assistant balloon.

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Methods

  Name Description
Public method Close Closes the active modeless balloon.
Public method SetAvoidRectangle Prevents the Office Assistant balloon from being displayed in a specified area of the screen.
Public method Show Displays the specified balloon object and returns a MsoBalloonButtonType constant.

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See Also

Reference

Balloon Interface

Microsoft.Office.Core Namespace