Note on usage
Function: Output a message box on a graphical display
User group: FT user
Functional description
The command ftmsg allows a message box to be output.
ftmsg can be used to output messages on a graphical display from within local follow-up processing.
Note for Unix systems
The message box is output on the display defined by the DISPLAY variable.
Please note that you require a graphics-capable terminal in order to use the ftmsg command.
Note for Windows systems
Under Windows, you have to use the Command Execution Tool.
Format
ftmsg [<window title>:]<message text>
Description
window title
Title of the message box.
Default value for the title is "openFT".
message text
Message text for the message box.
Examples
ft file partner!file transadmin -ls="export DISPLAY=$DISPLAY;ftmsg ok"
In the case of asynchronous requests, the DISPLAY variable must be set in the environment.