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Alert Control Properties
Windows - Visual C++


Click on the Alert property to see its syntax:

AckAlertColor

Specifies the text color of displayed alert information for alerts that have been acknowledged.

AlertBannerTitle

Returns or sets the title of the specified Alert banner.

AlertColor

Specifies the text color of displayed alert information for a given profile.

AlertRefreshTime

Specifies the interval at which the Alert Banner will be refreshed with the latest alert information. Used when the client is displaying the most recent alert in an Alert Banner. Sets the amount of time that the client needs to read each alert headline before a new one is displayed.

AlertsDisplayed

Specifies whether alerts will be displayed for a given profile.

AlertsPerProfile

Specifies the maximum number of alerts that will be maintained for each profile.

AlertRefreshTime

Specifies the interval at which the alert button is refreshed.

AlertWordOnly

Specifies whether profile-hit word or full headline text will be available.

BorderStyle

Returns or sets the border style of the control.

ColumnIdentifier

Returns the identifier string of a column.

ColumnPosition

Returns or sets the position of a column.

ContextMenuEnabled

Specifies whether context menu functionality is enabled.

CurrentState

Returns the current connection state.

DefaultAudibleAlert

Specifies whether the control will play a default sound file, or beep, if no sound file is specified, upon a new alert.

DefaultSoundFile

Specifies the default sound file.

Font

Returns or sets the font used to display text in the control.

InactiveTime

Returns or sets the duration of user inactivity after which, if in Navigation mode, the Alert window reverts back to All mode.

NoFloat

Specifies whether alert information is displayed in top-level Alert dialog boxes or in an embedded Alert window.

NotifyContainer

Specifies whether the container will be notified of all alerts for a given profile.

ProfilePriority

Specifies the priority for a given profile.

Run

When set to TRUE, indicates to the control that it should start receiving alerts from the NewsEdge Server. Setting the property to FALSE indicates to the control that it should stop receiving alerts.

Running

Returns a flag indicating whether the control is listening for alerts.

SoundFile

Specifies a sound file to play upon a new alert for a given profile.

TitleBar

Indicates whether the specified Alert dialog box has a title bar.

TotalColumnCount

Returns the total number of columns that can be displayed, including those that are currently invisible.

ViewID

Returns the NewsEdge Server view ID needed to retrieve a story.

VisibleColumnCount

Returns the number of currently displayed columns.

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