Message (Property)

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Message (Property)

In french: Message

..Message 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 status bar") by ..Message or by the Message function.

Example

// Modify the hlep message of "EDT_ImageFile" edit control
EDT_ImageFile..Message = "The image file must be an image in black && white"

Syntax

Finding out the help message Hide the details

<Result> = <Object name>..Message

<Result>: Character string

Help message for the specified object,
Empty string ("") if no help message is associated with the object.

<Object name>: Character string (with or without quotes)

Name of the object (control or menu option) whose help message is requested.

Modifying the help message Hide the details

<Object name>..Message = <New Help Message>

<Object name>: Character string (with or without quotes)

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 a control (except for the buttons): the help message is displayed in the status bar when the control takes focus.
For a button: the help message is displayed in the status bar when the left mouse button is pressed.
For a menu option: the help message is displayed in the status bar when the option is hovered.

& 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:

EDT_ImageFile..Message = "The image file must be an image in black && white"

Limits

..Message 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.