HMBalloonPict

Get a handle to the help picture

#include <Balloons.h> Help Manager

OSErr HMBalloonPict ( aHelpMsg, coolPict);

HMMessageRecord * aHelpMsg; the help information

PicHandle *coolPict the handle to the picture

You can specify the help information for a help balloon and then use

the HMBalloonPict function to get a handle to the picture that the

Help Manager will generate if you later choose to display the help

balloon.

aHelpMsg specifies the help information for a help balloon. The aHelpMsg

parameter is of data type HMMessageRecord. The section en titled,

record.

coolPict specifies a handle to the picture in the coolPict parameter.

Returns: an Error Code.

noErr (0) No error

paramErr (-50) Error in parameter list

memFullErr (-108) Not enough room in heap zone

Notes: The HMBalloonPict function does not display the help balloon; it returns

a handle to the picture that the Help Manager will use if you later choose

to display a help balloon with the specified information.

The pictFrame field of the picture handle in the coolPict parameter

contains the same rectangle as the rectangle obtained from the

HMBalloonRect function. The rectangle specifies the display rectangle

that surrounds the picture.

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