- Display a 'Wait...' message
/documentation/pages/Ref/Action Javascript/Display a 'Wait...' message.xml
Display a 'wait...' message when an javascript event happens. The message can include customized text, different display times, as well as custom animations and images.
- Hide a 'Wait...' message
/documentation/pages/Ref/Action Javascript/Hide a 'Wait...' message.xml
Hides a popup "wait" message that was displayed on the client.
- Displaying a "Wait" Message While a Branch Expands
/documentation/pages/Guides/Desktop/Xdialog/Controls/Displaying a Wait Message While a Branch Expands.xml
This example shows how to use the {EXPAND} command to display a wait message while waiting for the data to expand a branch of a tree control.
The list that defines the tree control's contents includes the {EXPAND} command where Alpha Five may require several seconds to general the branches of the tree. This occurs only when dynamically populating the tree control with a function.
- How to Display a Wait Message While a Large App is Loading
/documentation/pages/HowTo/UX/Display a Wait Message While App is Loading.xml
Large apps can take a long time to load the first time the user opens the app. This can give the appearance to your users that the app has hung or is non-responsive. You can resolve this issue by displaying a loading message to the user.
- Confirmation Message Template
/documentation/pages/Guides/Mobile and Web Components/Grid/Grid Properties/Layout Options/Confirmation Message Template.xml
This property creates a conformation message that appears just above your grid. By default on the right side of the screen. If you leave this property blank, a default template will be used. Use the {RecordCount} placeholder in the template to show the number of records added at any one time.
- Confirmation message - Update
/documentation/pages/Guides/Mobile and Web Components/Grid/The Detail View/Detail View Properties/Customization/confirmationmessageupdate.xml
Confirmation message - Update property
- Receive an Email Message
/documentation/pages/Guides/Desktop/Design/Email/Receive an Email Message.xml
The Receive an Email Message action allows the user to receive email using either the built-in Alpha Anywhere email client, or the user's default email client (e.g. Eudora, Outlook etc.). This is an extremely versatile function that lets you send an email message that includes data from the current record.
- Send an Email Message
/documentation/pages/Guides/Desktop/Design/Email/Send an Email Message.xml
The Send an Email Message action allows the user to send email using either the built-in Alpha Anywhere email client, or the user's default email client (e.g. Eudora, Outlook etc.). This is an extremely versatile function that lets you send an email message that includes data from the current record.
- 'No records found' message
/documentation/pages/Guides/Mobile and Web Components/Grid/Grid Properties/Customization/'No records found' message.xml
The ' No records found ' message is useful for displaying instances when a query does not return any records. This might be the case, for example, if you were to conduct a Quick search inside a grid for a field that was in the table you selected on the Query page but that does not exist in the Grid Part, you might get this message. Clicking the button [...] to the right of the 'No records found' message loads the HTML editor. This makes it easy to modify the default message to your liking.
- Show Confirmation Message
/documentation/pages/Guides/Mobile and Web Components/Grid/Grid Properties/Layout Options/Show Confirmation Message.xml
This property specifies if a conformation message should be shown after the Submit button is pressed when a user enters information. Because this feature is only utilized for grids that can be altered, you will need to select Grid is Updatable in the Component Type page.