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How to display on screen text prompts?

girig

Hi,

 Similar to the on-screen prompts that Toolbox commands display on the graphical layout window, is there a way to display custom text through skill? One could use labels, but then is there a way to get rid of the + (plus) sign displayed on a label text? 

 Thanks,

Giri. 

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  • skillUser

    Hi Paul,

    Hilight objects are not in the cellview database, think of them as an overlay on a cellview where the highlights can be related to cellview data or can be stand-alone highlights.  The cellview can be open in read-only mode, and in some of my testing it was quicker to create highlights than an equivalent db object (e.g. geAddHilightLabel vs. dbCreateLabel).  You can 'turn off' hilights, in other words, you don't necessarily have to delete them. The visibility of the whole hilight set can be toggled on and off, and if memory serves individual object also.  The hilight set can go away when the cellview is closed - it cannot be saved (a global hilight set can be persistent I believe).  Take a look at Solution Article 11230016 for a code example, and this documentation for an overview. It sounds like hilight sets meet your criteria.

    Hope this helps!

    Lawrence.

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  • skillUser

    Hi Paul,

    Hilight objects are not in the cellview database, think of them as an overlay on a cellview where the highlights can be related to cellview data or can be stand-alone highlights.  The cellview can be open in read-only mode, and in some of my testing it was quicker to create highlights than an equivalent db object (e.g. geAddHilightLabel vs. dbCreateLabel).  You can 'turn off' hilights, in other words, you don't necessarily have to delete them. The visibility of the whole hilight set can be toggled on and off, and if memory serves individual object also.  The hilight set can go away when the cellview is closed - it cannot be saved (a global hilight set can be persistent I believe).  Take a look at Solution Article 11230016 for a code example, and this documentation for an overview. It sounds like hilight sets meet your criteria.

    Hope this helps!

    Lawrence.

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