Customizing Messages

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Diagnostic messages can be customized to suit the needs of your organization. For example, you can translate MainBoss messages into a different language using this feature.

Each message has an associated key. This is a string that MainBoss uses internally to identify the message. For example, Bad date is the key associated with the string that MainBoss displays if a date has an invalid format.

To specify a new message, you start in the Custom Text window (described in Creating Custom Text). Click the message file whose message you want to change, then click Messages. MainBoss displays a window that contains the following:

• Message Key: This drop-down list shows all the message keys used by MainBoss. To change a particular message, you must first find the key in this list.
• Default: The default text associated with the selected "Message Key".
• Custom: The new text that you want to use. Note that you cannot type the new text into this field until you clear the checkmark for Use Default Text. The text may contain multiple lines, but no line should be longer than 80 characters.
• Use Default Text: This box starts out checkmarked. To specify custom text, you must click the box to clear the checkmark. This will enable the "Custom" field so that you can enter new text.
• Save & Close: Saves any changes you have made, then closes the window.
• Cancel: Closes the window without saving any changes.

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