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:

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