Messages
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Messages
Messages enable you to select the appropriate information to be printed on labels, receipts,
vouchers and other printed output such as banking operations slips.
You can also set up text for adverts displayed whenever the scale is idle.
Create a new Message
1.
Press >
>
2.
Press
New.
3.
Enter the details for each of the following fields: Whichever field you edit, pressing
automatically opens the next field for editing.
4.
When all of the fields are complete, press
Save
. If the ID number is already used or set to
0, the next available valid number is assigned.
Message Categories
There are four message groups:
General
Message ID
You can have up to 999,999 messages
Message Category
ID
Each message has an Category ID that determines where the message appears.
For example: Operator prompts have the Category ID 33, any messages added to this category has
the ID X,33, where X is the ID of the message, and 33 is the category ID.
Message
The text of the message.
To adjust the style of the text when editing the message text, press the Style button. The message
opens in an editor where you can select the text size, position, and whether it is bold, underlined or
italic.
Pop-up Messages
ISO 3166-1 numeric country codes
List of country codes. These are three-digit country codes defined in ISO 3166-
1, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for
Standardization (ISO).
Adjustment reason
Generic Traceability Text
Traceability operation for storing pre-defined text
Operator Prompts
When a product is selected, the operator prompts are displayed automatically
under the product title.
If there is more than one message, then each one is shown in turn every time a
PLU is selected.
Miscellaneous
General purpose messages, for example, the Help message that are displayed
on the Help screen, and report headers.
Promotional Template Messages
Messages displayed by the Automatic Advert Generator, that is, depending on
the type of promo, one of these message is selected.
Note
: The automatic advert template can be modified in MXBusiness.