Defining to send a message

You can specify whether to send out a message, including a built-in message 0001 - Filter or 0002 - Sort, or a user defined message when a specific event occurs on a table/crosstab field, a Google map, or on some chart elements in a library component.

To define to send out a message:

1. Do one of the following to display the Send Message - Web Action Builder dialog. See the dialog.

   

   • Right-click a field in the table/crosstab of a library component, select Display Type from the shortcut menu to display the Display Type dialog, select a trigger event from the drop-down list in the Events column and click in the Actions column of the Web Behaviors box to display the Web Action List dialog, then select *SendMessage and click OK.
   • In the Behaviors tab of some chart formatting dialogs, select a trigger event from the drop-down list in the Events column and click in the Actions column, then select *SendMessage and click OK in the displayed Web Action List dialog.
   • Right-click a Google map and select Google Map Wizard from the shortcut menu, in the Marker screen of the Google Map Wizard, select a trigger event from the drop-down list in the Events column and click in the Actions column. Then select *SendMessage in the Web Action List dialog and click OK.
2. Select a message from the Message drop-down list.
   • 0001 - Filter
     Specifies the message to be 0001 - Filter, which is a built-in message only allowing you to change its values in the Value column.
   • 0002 - Sort
     Specifies the message to be 0002 - Sort, which is a built-in message only allowing you to change its values in the Value column.
   • User Defined
     Specifies a message as required, including the message ID, name, keys, data types and values.
3. For the user defined message, specify the ID and Name in the ID text box and Name text box. The ID should be a natural number beyond 1000.
4. Click to add a message key-value line for the user defined message.
5. In the Key column, specify a key from the drop-down list or select Input from the drop-down list and then input a key into the text box.
6. In the Value column, specify the value of the key from the drop-down list or select Input from the drop-down list and then input a key into the text box.
7. The data type column lists the data type of the value you select from the Value drop-down list or you can specify the data type from the drop-down list for the value you input by hand in the Value column.
8. If necessary, click to add a new message key-value line and specify the key, data type and value for the user defined message.

   To delete a message key-value line, click . To adjust the order of the message key-value lines, click or .

9. Upon finishing, click the OK button to close this dialog.

In addition to the above method, another more convenient way to send a message is by using the Send Message command. To do this, right-click a field in the table/crosstab of a library component and select Send Message > Filter/Sort/Customize from the shortcut menu.

• If Filter is selected, a built-in filter message, whose trigger event is Click by default, will be sent out.
• If Sort is selected, a built-in sort message, whose trigger event is Click by default, will be sent out.
• If Customize is selected, you can define the message by yourself in the Send Message dialog. See the dialog.

  

  To define a message:

  1. In the Events box, select a trigger event by clicking on the event and checking the checkbox beside it.
  2. Refer to above steps 2-9 to define to send the message.