msg

Writes a message to the message window.

Syntax

void      msg(message);
string    message

Description

The message string is appended to a global message list and displayed in the message window with a list_view2().

Example

The following code is in the update trigger of the accession window. It formats a TDT into a memory list using values from the window fields. At the same time, it writes the TDT to the message window so the user can review it before committing to Thor.

 ...

 list tdt_list;

 msg(" ");

 /* _______________________________ MAKE TDT  __________________ */

 if (list_stat(p.wl) in (item_insert,item_update,item_delete,item_purge)){

   msg("Creating new TDT:");

   tdt_list= list_open("2006",100,"TDT" );            /* format TDT */

   list_mod(tdt_list,1,"$SMI<"^^p.smi_access^^">");   /* SMILES     */

   msg("  $SMI<"^^p.smi_access^^">" );

   list_mod(tdt_list,1,"$WRNO<"^^p.wrno^^">");        /* wrno */

   msg("  $WRNO<"  ^^p.wrno^^">" );

   list_mod(tdt_list,1,"AMW<"^^p.mw^^">");            /* mw   */

   msg("  AMW<"    ^^p.mw^^">" );

   list_mod(tdt_list,1,"F<"^^p.mf^^">");              /* mf   */

   msg("  F<"^^p.mf^^">");

   list_mod(tdt_list,1,"$CAS<"^^p.cas^^">");          /* cas  */

   msg("  $CAS<"^^p.cas^^">");

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