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    Message of the Day

    Features

    Customized message to be displayed to the user when the user logs into ExactAccess.

    The administrator may specify a title, size and position as well as style/theme to provide an appropriate visual notification at user login.

    The user may click the OK button to dismiss the dialog, or a customized timeout can be configured to automatically dismiss the dialog after a specified number of seconds.

    Display Examples

    This is a small sampling of the styles that are available to be applied to the toolbar. They are located in:

    C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\HealthCast\themes
    See Setting a Style/Theme below for configuring a particular look.

    HCGreen.vsf
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    CyanNight.vsf

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    Glow.vsf

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    Emerald.vsf

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    RubyGraphite.vsf

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    Windows10.vsf

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    Windows10Dark.vsf

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    Configuration

    Disabling the Message of the Day feature

    Remove the following registry key:

    HKLM\Software\HealthCast\ExactAccess\notification
    xaMoTD.clsNotify: reg_sz = "ExactAccess Message of the Day"

    NOTE

    During installation, the following command line parameters may be used to disable message of the day automatically:

    XA_NO_MOTD=1

    Setting the size

    To set a particular size display:

    HKLM\Software\HealthCast\ExactAccess\MotDSettings
    Height: reg_dword = (height in pixels)
    Width: reg_dword = (width in pixels)

    INSTALL NOTE

    NOTE

    X_MOTD_H
X_MOTD_W

    Setting a Style/Theme

    To set a particular style or theme for display:

    HKLM\Software\HealthCast\ExactAccess\MotDSettings
    StyleFile: reg_sz = "<a valid style file name or full path and file name, including .VSF extension>"

    TIP

    For a full list of available styles, look in the following installation folder:

    C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\HealthCast\themes

    INSTALL NOTE

    During installation, the following command line parameter may be used to set a style:

    X_MOTD_STYLE

    Setting the default timeout

    To set a particular style or theme for display:

    HKLM\Software\HealthCast\ExactAccess\MotDSettings
    TimeoutInSeconds: reg_dword = (seconds before the dialog is automatically closed without user interaction)

    INSTALL NOTE

    During installation, the following command line parameter may be used to set the timeout:

    X_MOTD_TO

    Setting the text of the message

    To set a particular message, put the text of the message in a text file and set the following setting:

    HKLM\Software\HealthCast\ExactAccess\MotDSettings
    TextFilePath: reg_sz = ""

    TIP

    The path to the file can be on a network share or specified in a UNC path as long as the Windows user account has been granted read permissions to the file. When using a file share as a mapped drive, the drive must be mapped and available before the ExactAccess context manager (XAUCM.exe) is started or the user logs in.

    INSTALL NOTE

    During installation, the following command line parameter may be used to set the timeout:

    X_MOTD_TXT

    Setting the Title

    To set a particular title or caption:

    HKLM\Software\HealthCast\ExactAccess\MotDSettings
    Title: reg_sz = "Caption of the message"

    INSTALL NOTE

    During installation, the following command line parameter may be used to set the title:

    X_MOTD_CAP

    Setting the position:

    HKLM\Software\HealthCast\ExactAccess\MotDSettings
    Top: reg_dword = Top (y coordinate) vertical position in pixels
    Left: reg_dword = Left (x coordinate) horizontal position in pixels

    INSTALL NOTE

    During installation, the following command line parameters may be used to set the position:

    X_MOTD_X
X_MOTD_Y
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