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Inside Macintosh: More Macintosh Toolbox /

Chapter 3 - Help Manager / Help Manager Reference

Help Manager Routines / Determining Balloon Help Status

HMGetBalloons
To determine whether Balloon Help assistance is enabled, use the HMGetBalloons function.
FUNCTION HMGetBalloons: Boolean;
DESCRIPTION
The HMGetBalloons function returns TRUE if help is currently enabled and FALSE if help is not currently enabled. Because the HMGetBalloons function does not load the Help Manager into memory, it provides a fast way to determine whether Balloon Help assistance is enabled.

ASSEMBLY-LANGUAGE INFORMATION
The trap macro and routine selector for the HMGetBalloons function are
Trap macro Selector
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SEE ALSO
To determine whether Balloon Help assistance is available, use the Gestalt function as described in "Using the Help Manager" on page 3-15.