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- From: franke@llnl.gov (Norman Franke, III)
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- Subject: Re: Adding Balloon help to my App...
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- Date: 4 Sep 92 17:21:35 GMT
- References: <1992Sep2.132611.23290@utkux1.utk.edu> <1992Sep3.184230.2332@alias.com> <1992Sep4.144142.15473@bmers95.bnr.ca>
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- In article <1992Sep3.184230.2332@alias.com> Reid Ellis, rae@Alias.com
- writes:
- >This is fine as long as your balloon help strings are all less than
- >255 chars long. If they're longer, you should use TEXT [HMTEResItem]
- >resources instead. Another advantage of using TEXT resources is that
-
- I read in the recent copy of _d e v e l o p_ that the Help Manager will
- only
- use 255 length strings maximum, whether from TEXT & styl or from a STR or
- STR#.
- They suggested using a PICT for anything larger.
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