Commands Listed in Alphabetical Order
command automatically sizes the box to fit the message. All four values are
returned in a query.
MESSage:CLEAR (No Query Form)
Clears the contents of the message box.
Group Display
Syntax MESSage:CLEAR
Related Commands MESSage:BOX,MESSage:SHOW,MESSage:STATE
Examples MESSage:CLEAR
removes the message from the message window.
MESSage:SHOW
Sets or returns the contents of the message box. MESSage:SHOW <Qstring>
defines the content of the message box. Change in string length causes automatic
resize of the message box to fit the text. The box may be resized using the
MESSage:BOX command. The MESSage:STATE command is used to turn on
and off the message box display.
Group Display
Syntax MESSage:SHOW <QString>
MESSage:SHOW?
Related Commands MESSage:BOX,MESSage:CLEAR,MESSage:STATE
Arguments <QString> is the message and can include any of the characters shown in
the Character Set, Appendix A. The maximum length of the message is 1000
characters; the instrument ignores longer strings.
The message box size is set to fit the message. You can also set the message area
height and width using the MESSage:BOX command. The length of the message
that fits in the message area depends on the contents of the message because
the width of characters varies.
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