create action, the message is transient and can be deleted with the delete action. You can transfer such messages to a particular workspace, and also change the text, text-color, and background-color by using a change the text of or a conclude action. Use these actions when working with messages:
change the color of
change the text of
conclude that...
create
transfer
delete
Changing the Color Attributes of Message Properties
Messages have three color attributes that you can change programmatically:
background-color
border-color
text-color
change action, as the next two examples show. In the first example, the action changes the text-color color attribute. In the second, use the change the color-pattern of action to change all the message's color attributes.
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Changing the Text of a Message
Use the change the text of action to change the contents of a message, as the following example illustrates.
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The
change action lets you change the text of any free-text or message programmatically. Concluding Message Text into a Variable or Parameter
You can conclude a new value for a text variable, text parameter, or any attribute that receives a value from a text variable or text parameter, using a text-expression. The text-expression could be the text of a message, as the next example illustrates.
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In this example,
text-var is the name of a text variable, into which G2 concludes the text of the message, M1. Creating and Transferring Transient Messages
Create and transfer messages with the create and transfer actions. The next example shows you how to create a transient message and transfer it to the workspace of the action button from which it was created.
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Transient messages are deleted automatically whenever you reset the KB.
Deleting Transient Messages
Use the delete action to delete a transient message. The next example deletes every transient message upon a particular workspace.
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