alert Popup in Switch client

[victor Lukenga]

hi!

As my title said, is it possible to display an alert within Javascript

I wanted to alert my operators when something is not conform to the order. any clue?

[gabrielp]

hi!

As my title said, is it possible to display an alert within Javascript

I wanted to alert my operators when something is not conform to the order. any clue?

I don't think so. Switch Client workflows pair well with email notifications. You could email the operator before it lands in the Switch client letting them know the alert exists. Another thing I do sometimes is put metadata fields on the checkpoint that are read only, but they don't jump out at you like an alert would.

[victor Lukenga]

It would great if switch client had more tweaking possibilities ( even if it's already very powerful) I mean small enhancements like bigger thumbnails or display alerts

Yes, I do the same thing (display metadata field in 'read only')the email solution can be a good way to notify operators but i think it can slow down the control process. thank for your answer Gabriel.

[loicaigon]

Hi Victor,

As you may have noticed it already, Switch Client can emit a warning beep. It's generally hard to ignore it especially if the speaker volume is high.

It's such noisy that when I train people to Switch/Switch Client we end up disabling it because it turns all the trainees crazy

And for visual, Switch Client blinks a lot. But if you want to go scripting, you can imagine an applescript (mac) or VB(windows) that would raise a system alert.





HTH

Loic
www.ozalto.com

[victor Lukenga]

Hi Loic

true !! switch client makes me mad sometimes especially when i'm busy on other stuffs

the display alerts is only fired up on switch designer, right ?

[loicaigon]

That's true.

I did a quick search and if you are on mac, you could think of using growl through a command line. That way you can notify people over your network:
http://growl.info/

http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/apple- ... -on-a-lan/

HTH

Loic
http://www.ozalto.com