Error message interface

Access

To display this page, click the Error message interface tab in the Visual/Web Runtime Execution parameters dialog box.

The mode and onscreen appearance of error messages (ERRORS, ANOMALIES and WARNINGS) in Visual Adelia programs are determined by the settings configured in this tab.

Messages can be displayed in one of two modes:

Dialog mode: this is the default mode. The error message is shown in a graphic list in the [Error(s)] non-modal dialog box.

Integrated mode: this mode can be enabled instead of the default mode for the selected graphical objects. In integrated mode, the error message is displayed in a tooltip near the control subject to an error. In addition, the control is shown with a border, the color of which indicates the type of error. For an even clearer representation of the nature of the error, it is possible to display an image near the affected control.

Dialog mode

Properties	Values	Description
Highlight	Focus	Selecting an error message in the dialog box sets the focus to the control subject to an error and activates the window containing that control.
	Border	Selecting an error message in the dialog box highlights the control subject to an error by placing a blinking frame around it. The error message dialog box remains the active window.

Integrated mode

Properties	Values	Description
Entry field	Yes \| No	Yes: Errors relating to this graphical object are displayed in the window. No: Errors relating to this graphical object are displayed in the standard dialog box.
Output field	Yes \| No	Yes: Errors relating to this graphical object are displayed in the window. No: Errors relating to this graphical object are displayed in the standard dialog box.
Check box	Yes \| No	Yes: Errors relating to this graphical object are displayed in the window. No: Errors relating to this graphical object are displayed in the standard dialog box.
Radio button	Yes \| No	Yes: Errors relating to this graphical object are displayed in the window. No: Errors relating to this graphical object are displayed in the standard dialog box.
Combo box	Yes \| No	Yes: Errors relating to this graphical object are displayed in the window. No: Errors relating to this graphical object are displayed in the standard dialog box.
Push button	Yes \| No	Yes: Errors relating to this graphical object are displayed in the window. No: Errors relating to this graphical object are displayed in the standard dialog box.
Calendar	Yes \| No	Yes: Errors relating to this graphical object are displayed in the window. No: Errors relating to this graphical object are displayed in the standard dialog box.
Track bar	Yes \| No	Yes: Errors relating to this graphical object are displayed in the window. No: Errors relating to this graphical object are displayed in the standard dialog box.
List	Yes \| No	Yes: Errors relating to this graphical object are displayed in the window. No: Errors relating to this graphical object are displayed in the standard dialog box.
Tree list	Yes \| No	Yes: Errors relating to this graphical object are displayed in the window. No: Errors relating to this graphical object are displayed in the standard dialog box.
Treeview	Yes \| No	Yes: Errors relating to this graphical object are displayed in the window. No: Errors relating to this graphical object are displayed in the standard dialog box.
Text	Yes \| No	Yes: Errors relating to this graphical object are displayed in the window. No: Errors relating to this graphical object are displayed in the standard dialog box.
Frame	Yes \| No	Yes: Errors relating to this graphical object are displayed in the window. No: Errors relating to this graphical object are displayed in the standard dialog box.
Spin	Yes \| No	Yes: Errors relating to this graphical object are displayed in the window. No: Errors relating to this graphical object are displayed in the standard dialog box.
Pie	Yes \| No	Yes: Errors relating to this graphical object are displayed in the window. No: Errors relating to this graphical object are displayed in the standard dialog box.
Line chart	Yes \| No	Yes: Errors relating to this graphical object are displayed in the window. No: Errors relating to this graphical object are displayed in the standard dialog box.
Histogram	Yes \| No	Yes: Errors relating to this graphical object are displayed in the window. No: Errors relating to this graphical object are displayed in the standard dialog box.
Progress bar	Yes \| No	Yes: Errors relating to this graphical object are displayed in the window. No: Errors relating to this graphical object are displayed in the standard dialog box.
Image	Yes \| No	Yes: Errors relating to this graphical object are displayed in the window. No: Errors relating to this graphical object are displayed in the standard dialog box.

Frame

Properties	Values	Description
Blinking time duration (ms)	[10..500]	This property determines the period (in milliseconds) during which a blinking frame (i.e. [Border] highlighting) blinks.
Number of blinking periods	[1..5]	This property determines the number of periods during which a blinking frame (i.e. [Border] highlighting) blinks.
Thickness (pxls)	[1..5]	Thickness in pixels of the line used to draw the frame.
Spacing (pxls)	[0..5]	Space (in pixels) between the frame and the control subject to an error.
Line	Solid : _________ Dash : ------------ Dot : ............... DashDot : -.-.-.-.-. DashDotDot: -..-..-..-..	Line type used to draw the frame.
Join entity	Round Square	Type of join used for the frame.
Color: ERROR	RGB [color]	Frame color for an ERROR message.
Color: ANOMALY	RGB [color]	Frame color for an ANOMALY message.
Color: WARNING	RGB [color]	Frame color for a WARNING message.

Properties	Values	Description
Text color	(RGB or system) color	System color or specific color used to display text.
Background color	(RGB or system) color	System color or specific color used to display the background.
Use system font	Yes \| No	Specifies whether or not to use the system font to display text.
Font	Font name	Specific font used to display text.
Horizontal position	Left Middle Right MouseX	Horizontal position relative to the control subject to an error when triggered automatically upon gaining the focus.
Vertical position	Top Middle Bottom MouseY	Vertical position relative to the control subject to an error when triggered automatically upon gaining the focus.
Display level 2 by default	Yes \| No	Displays the error message's level 2 description by default.
Paragraph alignment	Yes \| No	Aligns the first lines in the level 1 and level 2 descriptions.
Maximum size (characters)	[0..[	Maximum width, expressed as a number of characters. A value of 0 indicates that there is no set limit.
Horizontal inside margin (pxls)	[0..5]	Horizontal interior margin (in pixels).
Vertical inside margin (pxls)	[0..5]	Vertical interior margin (in pixels).

Bitmaps

Properties	Values	Description
Bitmap displayed	Yes \| No	Specifies whether or not to display an image near a control subject to an error.
bitmap: ERROR	Image selection	Image associated with an ERROR message.
bitmap: ANOMALY	Image selection	Image associated with an ANOMALY message.
bitmap: WARNING	Image selection	Image associated with a WARNING message.
Horizontal position	Left Right	Horizontal position of the image relative to the control subject to an error.
Vertical position	Top Middle Bottom	Vertical position of the image relative to the control subject to an error.

Input control in integrated mode

Properties

Values

Description

Error trigger

On value change | On kill focus | Never

Trigger mode for input control in integrated mode

The object is outlined in red and an image (exclamation mark) appears to the right of it. Hovering the mouse over the image displays the error description in a tooltip.

Input control in integrated mode may be carried out during input, kill focus or never.

Remember: In all cases, input control via the error message box continues to be carried out when the object value is retrieved (if the object has no associated variable) and upon the VERIFY instruction.

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