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--- plc:plc_show_custom_message_box [2019/05/17 11:16] – ivan
+++ plc:plc_show_custom_message_box [2019/09/16 15:53] – ivan
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 At this point, the popup window's code must be edited to appear when a specific event occurs.
-. Copy and paste the following code into the window, then click **Save** and **Build All** again:
+. Copy and paste the following code into the window instead of the window's current contents, then click **Save** and **Build All** again in order to trigger the PLC disk image reflashing process:
-<code>
+<code c>
 main()
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 if (portget(3)!=0) //Port 3 is used here. Use the actual port number for your particular setup
 {
- gvarset(9101,1);  //Brings up window 01. Windows 01 through 63 can be assigned to different tasks
+ gvarset(9101,1);  //Brings up window 01. Windows 01 through 63 can be assigned to a
+                   different trigger action such as a port set/clear, etc
 };
 }while(1);
 };
 </code>
-. In order to edit the newly created window, we can open CNC Settings > Screen > Popup Messages, and then press **Create New**
+. In order to insert information into this popup window, we can open CNC Settings > Screen > Popup Messages, and then press **Create New**
 {{:plc:004-custom-box-save-popup-window-new.jpg}}
-. Fill in the information regarding your new popup window and press the **Save** button. The Hide Timeout field is in seconds.
+. Fill in the information regarding your new popup window and press the **Save** button. The Hide Timeout field is in seconds (specifies the amount of time that the message box will be present on the screen for).
 {{:plc:005-custom-box-popup-window-info.jpg}}
 At this point, whenever the selected port will send a message to a controller (for example, when a button is pressed), the software should bring up a popup window that will go away after the number of seconds specified in the Hide Timeout field.
 {{:plc:006-custom-box-popup-window-success.jpg}}
 ====Deprecated version====