# Edit message of the day

The Message of the Day is a facility that allows you to enter a message that will be displayed to each user as they log in to a database. The message may contain any information you like in any format or style you like. The size and position of the Message of the Day edit form will determine the size and position of the message that is displayed to users when they log in.

Features

- WYSIWYG approach to message creation
- Any message can be created

Edit message of the day form

Module: System

Category: Message of the day (Edit)

Activation: Main > System > Database administration > Edit message of the day

Form style: Multiple instance

Special actions available for users with Administrator permissions:

- None

Database rules:

- None

Field definitions

Toolbar

This is a toolbar that can be used to help create messages. The standard word processing options available are as follows:

- Font
- Font size
- Font colour
- Bold
- Italics
- Underline
- Left alignment
- Centre alignment
- Right alignment
- Bullets
- New
- Open: Rich text format document
- Save
- Print

Message

Reference: memo

This is where messages are created. The area uses a WYSIWYG approach for ease of entry.

Save

Reference: button

Clicking this button will save the message of the day as it appears in the message field and close the form.

An empty message will not be displayed when users log in.

Cancel

Reference: button

Clicking this button will cancel any changes that have been made to the message of the day since the form was opened and the close the form.

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