Message form
Completing the Definition tab

Field

Description

Enter the text of the message as a skeleton, with placeholders in curly braces for parameters, as {1}, {2} and so on.

When this message rule is evaluated, text values for each parameter can be supplied, separated by the delimiter \t to indicate a tab character. The value may be a property reference, a JSP tag result, or a constant.

You can't use \n in this text to force a line break in the output.

Complete a row of this array for each numbered parameter in the message text. Order is significant.

Enter an arbitrary but unique alphabetic text label for each parameter.

Select an expected type for this parameter from the selection list. The Type determines how the parameter is recognized and processed:

• Name — The value is copied into the message. Use only alphanumeric characters in the name. No localization occurs.
• Number — Processed the same as Name .
• Text — Use only for the last parameter. The text include tab characters. Supplied text is copied without processing into the message.
• Message — Identifies another Rule-Message key, which is processed rather than this Rule-Message to produce the content inserted onto the variable.
• Date — A date, reformatted according to the user locale.
• Time — A time, reformatted according to the user locale.
• DateTime — A date and time, reformatted according to the locale of the user.
• Integer — A whole number, reformatted according to the locale of the user.
• Decimal — A decimal value, reformatted according to the locale of the user.
• Decimal with currency — A monetary value.
• Localized Name — A Name value that the system is to localize.

Optional. Enter a default value for the parameter, as text. The system uses this value if the call to assemble the message does not provide a value for this parameter.