The Messages window displays error messages that have been generated for your documents. Error messages may be generated when you are opening or saving a document, for example, or during processes such as verification. The Messages window is always present in the Editor view (unless you close it completely) but it is located behind other Editor view windows.
To display the Messages window, click the Messages tab name or select View > Message from the menu bar. The Messages window is displayed automatically any time an error message is generated for your document.
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Message Window Toolbar |
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Errors |
Click this to show/hide any messages with the severity level Errors in the list of messages. |
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Click this to show/hide any messages with the severity level Warnings in the list of messages. |
Notes
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Click this to show/hide any messages with the severity level Notes in the list of messages. |
Show Messages for Active Document Only
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Click this to show messages for the active document only and hide any messages that were added for other open documents. |
Show Ignored Messages
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Click this to show/hide messages that you have chosen to ignore. You can then choose to right-click on an error message and select Restore to add it back to the list of messages. |
Delete Message
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Click this to delete the currently selected message. |
Delete All Messages
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Click this to delete all messages. |
Messages Window |
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The first column displays an icon showing the severity of the error message. The following icons can appear:
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ID |
This column displays the error message ID. This is a sequence number for the message. The first error message generated will have an ID of 1, the second will have an ID of 2 and so on. |
Document |
This column displays the file name of the document this message was added for. |
Origin |
This column displays the component which generated the error. If the message was generated as a result of verification, the name of the verification plug-in that generated the message is displayed. |
Message |
This column displays the error message. |