How to create an alert Panel
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Panels form a (custom) interface element for the end-user. When backed by an Excel, a Panel can perform calculations and affect the project, including the visualization of the Panel's own Popup.
The instructions below will create a Panel which appears only when the amount of lotsize in the Project changes during a Session.
How to add a Panel:
- Create a new Excel file.
- Add a "SELECT_LOTSIZE_WHERE_MAP_IS_CURRENT" cell to the Excel file.
- Add a "SELECT_LOTSIZE_WHERE_MAP_IS_MAQUETTE" cell to the Excel file.
- Add an "UPDATE_PANEL_VISIBLE_WHERE_PANEL_IS_ID" cell to the Excel file.
- Add an "EXPLANATION" cell to the Excel file.
- Set the formula of the "UPDATE" cell and the "EXPLANATION" cell to "=IF(SELECT_LOTSIZE_WHERE_MAP_IS_MAQUETTE - SELECT_LOTSIZE_WHERE_MAP_IS_CURRENT=0;0;1)".
- In the Editor, add a new Excel Panel.
- Upload the created Excel file for the added Panel.
- Place the Panel somewhere in the project area.
- Now, when a user performs any Action which changes the amount of lotsize in the project, the Panel will appear.
Notes
- If the Project is set to automatically recalculate, the Panel's Popup should start off invisible. Otherwise, the Panel's Popup will become invisible when a calculation has been run.
- The described formula may differ based on language settings for your particular version of Excel.
- Besides dynamically changing the visibility of a Panel, it is also possible to change the popup type used to display the Popup.