Dialogs – Rockwell Automation 2706-MB1 MESSAGEVIEW 421 SOFTWARE MANUAL User Manual

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MessageBuilder Basics

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MessageBuilder software uses dialogs to request information it needs
to carry out a command. After you supply the requested information,
select a command button to confirm or cancel the command.

Dialogs also display additional information and warnings, or explain
why a requested task could not be accomplished.

An ellipsis (...) after a dialog command means another dialog will
open when you choose that command.

Some dialogs provide different sets of options, each on a separate
tab. Select the tab to work with a specific set of options.

A sample dialog:

Spin Control

Tab

Command Button

List Box

Radio Button

Check Box

To move around a dialog:

move the mouse pointer to a field and click the left mouse button

or press

TAB

to move forward through fields and

SHIFT+TAB

to

move backward through fields. Use the arrow keys to select a
radio button

or press the

ALT

key and the underlined letter of a field name

simultaneously. For example, to move to the Return Message
Number check box, press

ALT

+R

.

Dialogs

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