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RAD routine: marquee.publish

A RAD routine used to send a marquee message. This routine is always called from within marquee.send.

Routine

marquee.publish

Parameters

The following parameters are valid for the marquee.publish routine:

Name Data type Required Description
name character Yes

The published variable used by the agent to search the database.

Note The system automatically adds $MARQUEE to the beginning your variable name before publishing it.

text character No A variable that contains the message to be published.
prompt character No The display color for your marquee or the valid system number in the Color field. The default value is Red.
boolean1 Boolean No A logical field. Set the flag to true to add this message to the marquee table. The marquee agent then reads the record and publishes it. If the flag is set to false, the routine immediately publishes your message without adding it to the marquee table (recommended method).
cond.input Boolean No A logical field. Set the flag to true to add the name to the database if that record does not exist.