Text messages

All messages for the environment are stored in a table named _Messages in the vault configuration. They can be modified in the Configurator or in MS Access. All messages are grouped for convenience.

The messages are multi-line text fields that are used by the environment wherever text is shown to the user. Each message can contain VBScript using the syntax '<%ObjectName.PropertyName%>'. In some messages, special variables are inserted to represent important information related to the message, for example, '<%curver%>'.

The following example shows the use of both VBScript expressions and a special variable.

'<%user.fullname%>' caused revision number to change from '<%document.revision%>' to '<%curver%>'

Messages are retrieved from the table as in the following example:

Eval(GetMessage("<MessageName>", empty))

The Eval function is required to evaluate any VBScript expressions in the context of the caller. Empty is an obsolete parameter for passing arguments that has been replaced with VBScript expressions.