Rockwell Automation 2706-MB1 MESSAGEVIEW 421 SOFTWARE MANUAL - Manual (Page 134)

7–13 Creating Messages
Publication 2706-817
To rename topics:
Rename any or all topics used in the application. The new text can
have up to 12 ASCII characters, including spaces.
1. Select Topics on the Edit menu to open the Topics to View dialog:
2. Select a text box and type an informative Topic name.
3. Repeat for every topic used in the application if desired.
4. Select OK to confirm the changes.
Every message that is assigned to a named topic will have that name
shown in its Topic column in the Message List. In addition, the
Topic dropdown list now has the new topic names.
To view only messages with the same Topic:
Messages assigned to the same topic may be scattered through the
Message List. You can filter messages so the Message List displays
only certain selected topics, to make editing more convenient.
1. Select Topics on the Edit menu to open the Topics to View dialog.
2. Deselect the check boxes beside topics that you don’t want in the
Message List at the moment.
3. Select OK. The Message List now displays only messages
assigned to the selected topic(s).
4. Select all the check boxes to return to the original Message List.
Validating messages
MessageBuilder software validates applications and messages so that
all attributes, variables, tags and devices are compatible with one
another. Appendix D contains a list of Validation error messages.
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MessageBuilder software automatically validates all applications
before they are downloaded.
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You may validate an application at any time by selecting Validate
on the Application menu.
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You can also set up MessageBuilder to validate each message
individually when it is stored or updated. See Page 7–15.