This examples shows how to configure a custom button to display an alarm message in a message box.

1. Open the Basic Control Engine Program

2. Enter the following script in the CIMPLICITY Program Editor.

Sub Main()

    MsgBox Command$

End Sub

3. Create the script as a program in the project's scripts directory.

Example

C:\Projects\ECimp\Scripts\GetMessage.exe.

4. Open a Button Caption dialog box for a Custom Button in either of the Alarm Viewers.

5. Enter the following.

Field	Enter
Button caption	Message.
Description	Alarm message
Command string	...\<project path>\<project name>\Scripts\GetMessage.exe %Message Where <project path> is the full path to the project. <project name> is the project's name %Message is the Alarm Viewer Message parameter.

6. Check Run program.

7. Click OK.

A Message button is added to the Button bar.

8. Test the button in runtime.

Result: The message associated with the selected alarm displays in a message box.

A	Select an alarm ID.
B	Click Message.
C	A Basic Script message box displays the message specified for the alarm in the Alarm Message field.

More information

Step 2.4. Create custom buttons.

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