Balloon.SetAvoidRectangle Method
Prevents the Office Assistant balloon from being displayed in a specified area of the screen.
Namespace: Microsoft.Office.Core
Assembly: office (in office.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
Sub SetAvoidRectangle ( _
Left As Integer, _
Top As Integer, _
Right As Integer, _
Bottom As Integer _
)
'Usage
Dim instance As Balloon
Dim Left As Integer
Dim Top As Integer
Dim Right As Integer
Dim Bottom As Integer
instance.SetAvoidRectangle(Left, Top, _
Right, Bottom)
void SetAvoidRectangle(
int Left,
int Top,
int Right,
int Bottom
)
Parameters
Left
Type: System.Int32Required Integer. The coordinates (in points and relative to the screen) of the area of the screen that the Office Assistant balloon will avoid when it's displayed.
Top
Type: System.Int32Required Integer. The coordinates (in points and relative to the screen) of the area of the screen that the Office Assistant balloon will avoid when it's displayed.
Right
Type: System.Int32Required Integer. The coordinates (in points and relative to the screen) of the area of the screen that the Office Assistant balloon will avoid when it's displayed.
Bottom
Type: System.Int32Required Integer. The coordinates (in points and relative to the screen) of the area of the screen that the Office Assistant balloon will avoid when it's displayed.
Remarks
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This property returns a Assistant object.
This property is intended to prevent the Office Assistant balloon from overlapping custom dialog boxes and wizards.