Creating an Alert Action

Use the Screen Design page palette to create an alert action for the selected control.

1. In the Screen Design page of the Device Application Designer, under Palette, select Actions > Alert.
2. Drag and drop the alert action onto the control.
   Note: You can drop actions only on to controls that accept actions. When you drop the action on to the control, the action decorator appears on the control.
3. In the Create an Action dialog, select the type of alert from the drop-down list:
   • Error
   • Information
   • Question
4. Click New.
5. Enter or select:

   Option	Description
   Screen	The screen with which to associate the alert from the drop-down list. This drop-down list is populated with the screens in the Flow Design page.
   Message	The text for the alert message to be displayed.
   OK Button Label	The text for the button the user clicks when the alert is displayed.
   Cancel Button Label	This field is shown only if you are creating a Question alert.

6. Click OK.
7. In the Create an Alert Action dialog, you can assign more alert actions to screens. When you are finished, click OK.
   The alerts display in detail pane of the Properties page.

   Note: Any action that navigates to another screen must be the last action in the listed actions.