Inbox

The Inbox form displays system messages that can come from two possible sources:

This form displays only those messages which are still in your Inbox "folder" and not messages that have been moved to other folders. To view those messages, you must use the Saved Messages form. The Inbox form also does not allow you to move messages to other "folders." To do that, you must use the Saved Messages form.

When a message is received, if you have set options to be notified, the system alerts you with the selected notifications. For more information, see Notifications Settings.

You can mark messages as read and, depending on how and why the message was sent, make other responses. In certain cases, you can also view the context, that is, see the original form and data that generated the message.

The Inbox form can be accessed in a number of different ways:

For more information, see the following topics in the Guide to the Application Event System:

Message Tab

Use the Message tab to create your message.

Response Tab

The Response tab is active and available only for messages that prompt recipients for a response of some kind. Typically, the question to which recipients might be asked to respond is presented in the Question field. Possible responses are presented in the form of two or more voting buttons that recipients can click to indicate their choice. The voting buttons appear in the Choices area of this tab.

Variables Tab

For messages generated by the system in response to an event handler, the Variables tab displays information about any event variables associated with that event handler.

In some cases, depending on how the event handler and its associated variables are defined, you might be able to modify the values of some variables as part of your response. In other cases, the information is display-only.

For more information, see "About Event Actions" or "Setting Variable Access" in the Guide to the Application Event System.


Related Topics

Events Overviews and Processes

Notifications Settings

Saved Messages Form

Send Message Form