How to Use Message Popup Rule - Revision history

Pware at 05:34, 4 July 2026

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-The information in this Wiki Page applies to '''TANE''', '''TRS19''', '''Trainz Plus''' and '''TRS22'''. This page describes how to configure the '''Message Popup Rule'''.
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Pware at 21:04, 21 November 2023

2023-11-21T21:04:08Z

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	The information in this Wiki Page applies to '''TANE''', '''TRS19''', '''Trainz Plus''' and '''TRS22'''. This page describes how to configure the '''Message Popup Rule'''.		The information in this Wiki Page applies to '''TANE''', '''TRS19''', '''Trainz Plus''' and '''TRS22'''. This page describes how to configure the '''Message Popup Rule'''.

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	__TOC__		__TOC__
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	<td align="center"><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 17px; color: white; background-color: black;"> Workflow Diagram </span><br>		<td align="center"><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 17px; color: white; background-color: black;"> Workflow Diagram </span><br>
	[[image:MessagePopupWorkflow.png\|link=\|alt=Workflow diagram]]</td>		[[image:MessagePopupWorkflow.png\|link=\|alt=Workflow diagram]]</td>
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			<td>[[image:LinkWiki.PNG\|link=]]</td>
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			For more information on creating a '''HTML Asset''' see the '''Trainz Wiki Page''' at:-<br>
			* '''[[How to Create a HTML Asset]]'''</td>
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Pware at 20:57, 21 November 2023

2023-11-21T20:57:28Z

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 The information in this Wiki Page applies to '''TANE''', '''TRS19''', '''Trainz Plus''' and '''TRS22'''. This page describes how to configure the '''Message Popup Rule'''.
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 ...which will produce the message "'''You are running late!'''" from the '''Message Popup Rule''' settings shown above.
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 <table>						<!-- BEGIN Nav Buttons Table -->
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 ='''Alternatives to the Message Popup Rule'''=
-<table cellpadding=2 bgcolor=#ffffff>
+<table width=1000 cellpadding=2 bgcolor=#ffffff>
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-<td width="58">[[image:RulesWiki.PNG|link=]]</td>
+<td width=60>[[image:RulesWiki.PNG|link=]]</td>
-<td width="640">
+<td>There are other HTML message window rules that are alternatives to the '''Message Popup''' rule. A few possibilities are:-
-There are other HTML message window rules that are alternatives to the '''Message Popup''' rule. A few possibilities are:-</td>
+*'''[[Session_Rule_List_with_Parameters#Display_HTML_Pages_Rule|Display HTML Pages Rule]]'''
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 <span style="font-size: 17px;">'''More Tutorials and Guides to Using Trainz'''</span><br>
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 *'''[[Session Rule List with Parameters|Session Rules List (Alphabetical) with Parameters]]'''
 *'''[[Session Rules By Categories With Properties|Session Rules List (Categories) With Parameters]]'''
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Pware: /* Using a String-Table Message */

2023-09-24T13:01:31Z

Using a String-Table Message

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	<td>'''Message location:''' '''<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Top left</span>''' of the screen has been chosen as the location for the message window. Other positions are '''Top right''', '''Bottom left''' and '''Bottom right'''</td>		<td>[[image:BlackDot10x10.png\|link=]] '''Message location:''' '''<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Top left</span>''' of the screen has been chosen as the location for the message window. Other positions are '''Top right''', '''Bottom left''' and '''Bottom right'''</td>
	</tr>		</tr>
	<tr valign="top">		<tr valign="top">
	<td>'''HTML Asset:''' '''<span style="text-decoration: underline;">General Purpose Session HTML</span>''' one of the HTML assets installed with '''Trainz'''</td>		<td>[[image:BlackDot10x10.png\|link=]] '''HTML Asset:''' '''<span style="text-decoration: underline;">General Purpose Session HTML</span>''' one of the HTML assets installed with '''Trainz'''</td>
	</tr>		</tr>
	<tr valign="top">		<tr valign="top">
	<td>'''String Table Token:''' '''<span style="text-decoration: underline;">html_warning_late</span>''' the string table '''token''' in the config.txt file of the '''<span style="text-decoration: underline;">General Purpose Session HTML</span>''' asset contains the message to be displayed</td>		<td>[[image:BlackDot10x10.png\|link=]] '''String Table Token:''' '''<span style="text-decoration: underline;">html_warning_late</span>''' the string table '''token''' in the config.txt file of the '''<span style="text-decoration: underline;">General Purpose Session HTML</span>''' asset contains the message to be displayed</td>
	</tr>		</tr>
	<tr valign="top">		<tr valign="top">
	<td>'''HTML Wave:''' '''<span style="text-decoration: underline;">General Purpose Session HTML</span>''' HTML asset contains the ''optional'' sound file to be played</td>		<td>[[image:BlackDot10x10.png\|link=]] '''HTML Wave:''' '''<span style="text-decoration: underline;">General Purpose Session HTML</span>''' HTML asset contains the ''optional'' sound file to be played</td>
	</tr>		</tr>
	<tr valign="top">		<tr valign="top">
	<td>'''Wav Name:''' '''<span style="text-decoration: underline;">all-aboard.wav</span>''' is the ''optional'' sound file to be played</td>		<td>[[image:BlackDot10x10.png\|link=]] '''Wav Name:''' '''<span style="text-decoration: underline;">all-aboard.wav</span>''' is the ''optional'' sound file to be played</td>
	</tr>		</tr>
	<tr valign="top">		<tr valign="top">

Pware: /* Using a HTML Page */

2023-09-24T13:00:34Z

Using a HTML Page

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	<td>'''Message location:''' '''<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Top left</span>''' of the screen has been chosen as the location for the message window. Other positions are '''Top right''', '''Bottom left''' and '''Bottom right'''</td>		<td>[[image:BlackDot10x10.png\|link=]] '''Message location:''' '''<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Top left</span>''' of the screen has been chosen as the location for the message window. Other positions are '''Top right''', '''Bottom left''' and '''Bottom right'''</td>
	</tr>		</tr>
	<tr valign="top">		<tr valign="top">
	<td>'''HTML Asset:''' '''<span style="text-decoration: underline;">General Purpose Session HTML</span>''' one of the HTML assets installed with '''Trainz'''</td>		<td>[[image:BlackDot10x10.png\|link=]] '''HTML Asset:''' '''<span style="text-decoration: underline;">General Purpose Session HTML</span>''' one of the HTML assets installed with '''Trainz'''</td>
	</tr>		</tr>
	<tr valign="top">		<tr valign="top">
	<td>'''HTML Page:''' '''<span style="text-decoration: underline;">right_away.html</span>''' which is a HTML file inside the '''<span style="text-decoration: underline;">General Purpose Session HTML</span>''' asset</td>		<td>[[image:BlackDot10x10.png\|link=]] '''HTML Page:''' '''<span style="text-decoration: underline;">right_away.html</span>''' which is a HTML file inside the '''<span style="text-decoration: underline;">General Purpose Session HTML</span>''' asset</td>
	</tr>		</tr>
	<tr valign="top">		<tr valign="top">
	<td>'''HTML Wave:''' '''<span style="text-decoration: underline;">General Purpose Session HTML</span>''' HTML asset contains the ''optional'' sound file to be played</td>		<td>[[image:BlackDot10x10.png\|link=]] '''HTML Wave:''' '''<span style="text-decoration: underline;">General Purpose Session HTML</span>''' HTML asset contains the ''optional'' sound file to be played</td>
	</tr>		</tr>
	<tr valign="top">		<tr valign="top">
	<td>'''Wav Name:''' '''<span style="text-decoration: underline;">all-aboard.wav</span>''' is the ''optional'' sound file to be played</td>		<td>[[image:BlackDot10x10.png\|link=]] '''Wav Name:''' '''<span style="text-decoration: underline;">all-aboard.wav</span>''' is the ''optional'' sound file to be played</td>
	</tr>		</tr>
	<tr valign="top">		<tr valign="top">

Pware: /* Using a Custom Message */

2023-09-24T12:59:39Z

Using a Custom Message

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	<td>'''Message location:''' '''<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Top left</span>''' of the screen has been chosen as the location for the message window. Other positions are '''Top right''', '''Bottom left''' and '''Bottom right'''</td>		<td>[[image:BlackDot10x10.png\|link=]] '''Message location:''' '''<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Top left</span>''' of the screen has been chosen as the location for the message window. Other positions are '''Top right''', '''Bottom left''' and '''Bottom right'''</td>
	</tr>		</tr>
	<tr valign="top">		<tr valign="top">
	<td>'''Custom Message''' - the message entered into the text box will be displayed</td>		<td>[[image:BlackDot10x10.png\|link=]] '''Custom Message''' - the message entered into the text box will be displayed</td>
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	<td>'''Icon''' - the selected ''optional'' icon will be displayed</td>		<td>[[image:BlackDot10x10.png\|link=]] '''Icon''' - the selected ''optional'' icon will be displayed</td>
	</tr>		</tr>
	<tr valign="top">		<tr valign="top">
	<td>No optional sound has been added</td>		<td>[[image:BlackDot10x10.png\|link=]] No optional sound has been added</td>
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Pware at 10:28, 23 September 2023

2023-09-23T10:28:58Z

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	<td>[[image:MessagePopup4.JPG\|link=]]</td>		<td>[[image:MessagePopup4.JPG\|link=]]</td>
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	<table bgcolor=#000000 cellpadding=2>		<table bgcolor=#000000 cellpadding=2>
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	<table ~~cellpadding=2~~ bgcolor=#ffffb0>		<table bgcolor=#ffffb0 cellpadding=2>
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	<td><span style="font-size: 17px;">'''Notes:'''</span><br>		<td><span style="font-size: 17px;">'''Notes:'''</span><br>
	----		----
	*The '''config.txt''' file of the HTML asset must have a '''string-table''' container which holds all the text messages to be displayed.		</td>
	*The '''string-table token''' is the "tag" which identifies the message text in the '''config.txt''' file.</td>		</tr>
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			<td>The '''config.txt''' file of the HTML asset must have a '''string-table''' container which holds all the text messages to be displayed</td>
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			<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG\|10px\|link=]]</td>
			<td>The '''string-table token''' is the "tag" which identifies the message text in the '''config.txt''' file</td>
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Pware: /* Add a Message Popup Rule */

2023-09-23T02:40:07Z

Add a Message Popup Rule

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	='''Add a Message Popup Rule'''=		='''Add a Message Popup Rule'''=

	<table cellpadding=2 ~~bgcolor=#c1e7e7~~>		<table width=1000 bgcolor="lightcyan" cellpadding=2>
	<tr valign="top">		<tr valign="top">
	<td>[[image:~~DotPoint~~.~~JPG~~\|link=]]</td>		<td width=10>[[image:BlueDot10x10.png\|link=]]</td>
	<td>The '''[[Session_Rule_List_with_Parameters#Message_Popup_Rule\|Message Popup Rule]]''' is a '''Trainz Session Rule''' that creates onscreen messages for users in '''Driver Mode'''.</td>		<td>The '''[[Session_Rule_List_with_Parameters#Message_Popup_Rule\|Message Popup Rule]]''' is a '''Trainz Session Rule''' that creates onscreen messages for users in '''Driver Mode'''.</td>
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Pware at 22:27, 19 September 2023

2023-09-19T22:27:13Z

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 <td width=46>[[image:BackToTop.png|link=#top|alt=Top|Top]]</td>
 <td width=75>[[image:NextUp.png|link=#stepHTML|alt=Next Up|Top]]</td>
-<td width=75>[[image:NextDown.png|link=#bottom|alt=Next Down|Next Down]]</td>
+<td width=75>[[image:NextDown.png|link=#stepAlt|alt=Next Down|Next Down]]</td>
 <td width=75>[[image:BackToBottom.png|link=#bottom|alt=Bottom|Bottom]]</td>
 </tr>
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 The settings shown in this example will direct '''Trainz''' to load the message from text stored in the '''config.txt''' string table of a specified HTML asset.
-<table>
+<table width=1000>
 <tr valign="top">
 <td>[[image:MessagePopup4.JPG|link=]]</td>
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 </table>
 <br>
 For example, the '''config.txt''' file of the asset '''General Purpose Session HTML''' contains the following:-
   '''string-table'''
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 </table>
-<table width="100%">
+<table>						<!-- BEGIN Nav Buttons Table -->
 <tr valign="top">
-<td align="right">[[image:BackToTop.png|link=#top|alt=Top|Top]]</td>
+<td width=729><span id="stepAlt"></span>&nbsp;</td>
 </tr>
-</table>
+</table>								<!-- END Nav Buttons Table -->
 ='''Alternatives to the Message Popup Rule'''=
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 <td width=729><span id="bottom"></span>&nbsp;</td>
 <td width=46>[[image:BackToTop.png|link=#top|alt=Top|Top]]</td>
-<td width=75>[[image:NextUp.png|link=#stepString|alt=Next Up|Top]]</td>
+<td width=75>[[image:NextUp.png|link=#stepAlt|alt=Next Up|Top]]</td>
 <td width=75>&nbsp;</td>
 <td width=75>&nbsp;</td>

Pware at 22:16, 19 September 2023

2023-09-19T22:16:58Z

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