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  • Displaying the help message
  • & character
  • Limits
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Stored procedures
The Message property is used to:
  • Find out the help message associated with a control or with a menu option (in a window).
  • Modify the help message associated with a control or with a menu option (in a window).
Remarks:
  • The help message is displayed in the status bar of the window.
  • The help message is defined in the "Help" tab of the control description ("Text of the status bar" option), with the Message property or the Message function.
Example
// Modifier le message d'aide du champ de saisie "SAI_FichierImage"
SAI_FichierImage.Message = "Le fichier image doit être une image en noir && blanc"
Syntax

Finding out the help message Hide the details

<Result> = <Element used>.Message
<Result>: Character string
  • Help message for the specified object,
  • Empty string ("") if no help message is associated with the object.
<Element used>: Character string
Name of the object (control or menu option) whose help message you want to get.

Modifying the help message Hide the details

<Element used>.Message = <New help message>
<Element used>: Character string
Name of the object (control or menu option) whose help message must be modified.
<New help message>: Character string
New help message for the specified object.
Remarks

Displaying the help message

  • For an field (except Button fields): the help message appears in the status Bar when the field takes focus.
  • For a button field: the help message appears in the status Bar as soon as the left mouse button is pressed.
  • For a menu item: the help message appears in the status Bar when the item is hovered over.

& character

To display the "&" character in a help message, this character must be typed twice. Otherwise, the character following the "&" character will be underlined and the "&" character will not be displayed. For example:
SAI_FichierImage.Message = "Le fichier image doit être une image en noir && blanc"

Limits

The Message property cannot be used on:
  • an Image control,
  • a Shape control,
  • an option in a Check Box control,
  • an option in a Radio Button control,
  • a row in a List Box control, Combo Box control or Table control,
  • a table cell,
  • a tab,
  • a group of controls,
  • an element in a TreeView control.
Minimum version required
  • Version 11
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Last update: 09/21/2024

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