Chapter 5: Action Reference
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im.alert( ) Deliver a message in-band to the instant messaging user. The text appears in the instant message
window.
This action is similar to log_message( ), except that it appends entries to a list in the instant
messaging transaction that the IM protocol renders in an appropriate way. Multiple alerts can be
appended to a transaction. The protocol determines how multiple alerts appear to the user.
Syntax
im.alert(text)
where text is a quoted string that can optionally include one or more variable substitutions.
Layer and Transaction Notes
Use in <Proxy> and <Cache> layers.
See Also
•Actions: log_message( )