Communicating with a user

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NancyM
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Communicating with a user

Post by NancyM » Wed Jul 20, 2016 2:55 pm

I'd like to have a window open to send messages to any user that might be watching the automated tool run explaining what it is doing like. The Message box isn't too useful because it has a button on it that requires attention. Is there any other means of creating a window to output messages to?

I guess I could open notepad and write messages to it, but I thought I'd check to see if there were better ideas out there.

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JRL
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Re: Communicating with a user

Post by JRL » Wed Jul 20, 2016 3:24 pm

One of my favorite features of Macro Scheduler is the ability to create and use "dialogs". Dialogs are windows designed by you to communicate with the user. The easiest way to create a dialog is to use the Dialog Designer tool.

When you are in the script editor, find the Dialog Designer icon at the top of the screen. On mine it is the fifth icon from the right. Hover over the icons to see their labels.

Watch THIS VIDEO to get started

Have fun.

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