Examples: Writing messages to the user

  1. This example writes a text constant as the title and a text expression in a dialog box. The expression is a concatenation of text constants and time-date values converted to text.
    @Prompt([Ok]; "Current time and date"; "The date is " + @Text(@Now; "D0S0") + ". " + "The time is " + @Text(@Now; "T0S1") + ".")
  2. This example writes a text constant as the title of a dialog box. The content of the box is a text constant followed by the value of a multi-value field.
    @Prompt([OkCancelList] : [NoSort]; "Field offices"; "Current field offices are located in the following cities:"; ""; Field_offices)
  3. This code, when added to the postsave event for a form, writes, "Saving with a modification date of 1/1/2001 01:38:11 PM" to the status bar, if the last modification date is January 1 and the "date" field contains the function @Modified:
    @StatusBar("Saving with a modification date of " + date)
  4. This code, when added to the postopen event for a form, writes, "You are creating a self-evaluation for Maria Rose" to the status bar at the end of the form when Maria Rose opens it in the Notes® client:
    @StatusBar("You are creating a self-evaluation for " + @Name([CN];@V3UserName))