Add a Message

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Note: Before you add a message, you should read, "What is a Message?".

To add the first message to a map object

  1. Click the map object you want to add the message to, this can be either the whole buzPAK, a group or an item.

  2. Click the Note tab, then right-click inside the the Note tab. The Note popup menu appears.

  3. Select Show Message Manager in the Note popup menu. The Msg Mngr button appears on the Note tab.

  4. Click the Msg Mngr button, then right-click inside the Note tab. The Note popup menu appears with message commands now available.

  5. Click Add Message in the Note popup menu. The Open window appears.

  6. Use the Open window to select the HTML file you want to use as the new message, and then click the Open button.

The Message Manager divides the Note tab into two separate frames. The top frame can be used to describe the message HTML files that have been added. The bottom frame displays the message HTML filenames. You can add more than one message to a map object's message manager.

  1. Right-click again inside the Note tab to bring up the Note popup menu.

  2. Click Refresh Messages in the Note popup menu. A Message button appears in the Note tab.

The message will now be displayed whenever the map object is selected, or when the Message button is clicked. If more than one message is attached, the messages will be rotated each time the map object is selected.

Note: On the Features tab in buzPAK Preferences you can choose whether or not you want messages to appear on top of notes.

 

To add additional messages to a map object

  1. Click the map object you want to add the message to, this can be either the whole buzPAK, a group or an item.

  2. Click the Msg Mngr button, then right-click inside the Note tab. The Note popup menu appears with message commands now available.

  3. Click Add Message in the Note popup menu. The Open window appears.

  4. Use the Open window to select the HTML file you want to use as the new message, and then click the Open button.

The Message Manager divides the Note tab into two separate frames. The top frame can be used to describe the message HTML files that have been added. The bottom frame displays the message HTML filenames. You can add more than one message to a map object's message manager.

  1. Right-click again inside the Note tab to bring up the Note popup menu.

  2. Click Refresh Messages in the Note popup menu. A Message button appears in the Note tab.

The message will now be displayed whenever the map object is selected, or when the Message button is clicked. If more than one message is attached, the messages will be rotated each time the map object is selected.

 

To add messages using Windows File Explorer

  1. Click the map object you want to add the message to, this can be either the whole buzPAK, a group or an item.

  2. Click the Note tab, then right-click inside the the Note tab. The Note popup menu appears.

  3. Select Show Message Manager in the Note popup menu. The Msg Mngr button appears on the Note tab.

  4. Click the Msg Mngr button.

  5. Open Windows File Explorer, and go to the folder containing the HTML file you want to add as a message.

  6. Drag and drop the file from Windows File Explorer into the PlanBee Notes tab display area. A copy of the file is added as a message inside the Message Manager for the map object you originally selected.

 

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