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Show Message

Use this command to display a message. This command is specific to Longview Apps. The window title of messages and prompts is specified in your .lvapp file with the <description> parameter. The look and feel of messages and prompts is specified in your .lvapp file with the <theme> parameter.

For information, see Configuring Longview Apps.

Note: You cannot use the Show Message command in batch mode.

Syntax example

SHOW MESSAGE "Message" [CONTINUE]

where:

  • Message is the message to display. To add multiple lines of text, separate lines with a backslash followed by the letter n (\n). For example, "This is line 1\nThis is line 2\nThis is line 3". At this time, you cannot use double quotation marks as part of your message text.
  • CONTINUE is optional and displays the message as part of the throbber. If you do not specify this parameter, the message displays in a standard Windows alert box.

Syntax example

SHOW MESSAGE "Data is being submitted to the database" CONTINUE

SHOW MESSAGE "This is line 1\nThis is line 2\nThis is line 3" CONTINUE

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Show Message

Use this command to display a message. This command is specific to Longview Apps. The window title of messages and prompts is specified in your .lvapp file with the <description> parameter. The look and feel of messages and prompts is specified in your .lvapp file with the <theme> parameter.

For information, see Configuring Longview Apps.

Note: You cannot use the Show Message command in batch mode.

Syntax example

SHOW MESSAGE "Message" [CONTINUE]

where:

  • Message is the message to display. To add multiple lines of text, separate lines with a backslash followed by the letter n (\n). For example, "This is line 1\nThis is line 2\nThis is line 3". At this time, you cannot use double quotation marks as part of your message text.
  • CONTINUE is optional and displays the message as part of the throbber. If you do not specify this parameter, the message displays in a standard Windows alert box.

Syntax example

SHOW MESSAGE "Data is being submitted to the database" CONTINUE

SHOW MESSAGE "This is line 1\nThis is line 2\nThis is line 3" CONTINUE

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