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title: "Message of the Day"
slug: "message-of-the-day"
updated: 2023-03-27T17:34:25Z
published: 2023-03-27T17:34:25Z
canonical: "healthcare.rapididentity.com/message-of-the-day"
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> ## Documentation Index
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# Message of the Day

## 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 ![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/f2567005-8048-43b2-8bfc-3abc2da42bca/Images/Documentation/image%28251%29.png)

CyanNight.vsf

![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/f2567005-8048-43b2-8bfc-3abc2da42bca/Images/Documentation/image%28255%29.png)

Glow.vsf

![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/f2567005-8048-43b2-8bfc-3abc2da42bca/Images/Documentation/image%28256%29.png)

Emerald.vsf

![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/f2567005-8048-43b2-8bfc-3abc2da42bca/Images/Documentation/image%28257%29.png)

RubyGraphite.vsf

![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/f2567005-8048-43b2-8bfc-3abc2da42bca/Images/Documentation/image%28254%29.png)

Windows10.vsf

![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/f2567005-8048-43b2-8bfc-3abc2da42bca/Images/Documentation/image%28253%29.png)

Windows10Dark.vsf

![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/f2567005-8048-43b2-8bfc-3abc2da42bca/Images/Documentation/image%28252%29.png)

### 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 ```