status_message

Deprecated: the status window this message is displayed in is no longer visible for any length of time due to the increased speed of processors.

This function enables you to send status messages during execution of a model. The message you want to send has to be entered in the parameter of the function. The maximum length of the message is 250 characters.

Do not use this function if the model is to be used in an ITP/Server environment.

status_message ( the_message )

The result of this function is of type TEXT.

The function has one parameter:

1. the_message, type TEXT. The message that will be sent to the screen when the model is executed.

Example

@( status_message( "Don't push me cause i'm close to the edge..." ) )

Note that the construction @ ( ) around the function means that the result of the function is displayed in the text. This construction must be used in a text part of a model document. The switch from ITP mode to text mode in a model document is made with the # characters. An ITP model document starts in text model, the #BEGIN makes the switch to ITP mode.