Text and Buttons Tab

The Text and Buttons tab contains the following options:

• Title Expression —The text the step displays as the title of the Configure Message Popup Step dialog box. The default value is NameOf<Step> , where <Step> is the name of the Message Popup step. You can specify a literal string or string expression TestStand evaluates at run time.
• Message Expression —The text the step displays as the message in the Configure Message Popup Step dialog box. You can specify a literal string or string expression TestStand evaluates at run time. Click Font/Color Selection to specify the font for the message text and the background color of the panel.
• Button Label Expressions —This section contains six button labels you can use to specify literal strings or string expressions TestStand evaluates at run time. The button does not appear when the label is empty. You must specify text for at least one button. You can enter a double underscore character before the letter you want to use as a shortcut key, for example, __OK enables the <Alt-O> shortcut, and E__xit enables the <Alt-X> shortcut. Click the Font/Color Selection button to specify the font for the label text and the background color of the button. You can customize the layout of the buttons on the Layout tab of the Message Popup Edit pane.
• Button Options —TestStand associates the following buttons with various default behaviors of dialog boxes.
  • Default —Specifies which button, if any, uses <Enter> as the shortcut key.
  • Cancel —Specifies which button, if any, uses <Esc> as the shortcut key.
  • Active Control —Specifies one of the six buttons or the input string as the initially active control.
  • Timeout —Specifies which message box button activates automatically after a timeout period expires.
  • Time to Wait (sec) —The timeout period in seconds. Use this option to create a Message Popup step that displays a notification message which automatically dismisses itself after a short delay, such as when an operator is not present to acknowledge the message.