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Send Network Message Action

Declaration

<AMSENDNETMSG COMPUTER="text" MESSAGE="text">

See Also

Send Email, Dial Up, HTTP Download, Ping, HTTP Post

Description

Send a message to the given computer through the Local Area Network (e.g. WinPopup, Alerter, and Messenger).

Practical Usage

Uses the Windows Messaging System to send a message (also known as an "Alert") to a machine on the network. This could be used to notify an administrator of a system threshold being exceeded or an error condition in a task.

Parameters

General Tab

Computer Name
Text, Required
MARKUP: COMPUTER="MACHINENAME"

Specifies the machine that the message should be sent to. The "Messenger" service must be running on the target machine in order for the message to be received.

Message Text
Text, Required
MARKUP: MESSAGE="The message goes here"

Specifies the text of the message to send.

Notes

Standard Error Handling Options
This action also includes the standard "Error Causes" and "On Error" failure handling options/tabs

More on Error Handling Options

Variables and Expressions
All text fields allow the use of expressions by surrounding the expression in percentage signs (example: %MYVARIABLE%, %Left('Text',2)%). To help construct these expressions, a popup expression builder is available in all these fields by pressing F2.
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Example

<AMSENDNETMSG COMPUTER="MACHINE1" MESSAGE="The system is running low on memory.">