This description will add messages to Document_Ex9.ADsrc, found on the CD in the folder Sample/Try This/FolderEx9/. The modified document will be saved with the name Document_Ex10.ADsrc. It can be found on the CD in the folder Sample/Try This/FolderEx10/

Let's look first at this question and at the the evaluation table of the Choose Box for the town. Illustration. The following steps will link a prepared message to the choice Paris.

As these step where so easy we do them again for the second part of the question (spoken Language?).

We are ready for a temporary jump to ADPlayer to test the new group. It looks like this. Note that ^Num, ^Pts, ^Max have been replaced.
^Num became the number of the concerned element.
^Pts became the achieved points with the element.
^Max became the maximum available points with the element.
More about ^Num, ^Pts, ^Max at Cross-References

Observe: The Info column of the Message Editor gives the count of usages. More can be seen on the Info tab. See illustration.

List of the prepared Message:

- 6008 : "Perfect answer for independent elements"
- 6007 : "Perfect answer for dependent elements"
              (see example below at Cross-References)
 -6006  "Better answer expected for independent elements"
             (see example below at Cross-References)
- 6005  "Better answer expected  for dependent elements"
- 6004  "Bad answer for independent elements"
- 6003  "Bad answer for dependent elements"
- 6002  Template for messages that give the solution.
- 6001  Template for messages that give a hint.
- 6000  Template for any message

2) Cross-References

There are 5 types of cross-references when writing messages: '^Num, ^Pts, ^Max, ^Val and ^Par. In the above example we have seen that the cross-references take values from the concerned element or Validation when using ADPlayer. The next step is an example where all the 5 cross-references appear. We shall use the prepared message 6007 (illustration) which is for Dependent elements (dependent, see and refer Ex 2).

- Open the Evaluation Dialog of the "River"-Choose box of this question. (The choice of the river depends on the choice of the town).
- Click in first line to add the message 6007. Illustration.
- Click again in first line und use Copy Message. Illustration.
- Click in line 2 und use Paste Message by Reference.
- Click in line 3 und use Paste Message by Reference.
- Click in line 4 und use Paste Message by Reference.
- Click in line 5 und use Paste Message by Reference.
- Click in line 6 und use Paste Message by Reference. Illustration.
Note:
--> Paste by Reference doesn’t create a new message. Only the reference is pasted.
--> Paste by Copy creates a new message that has initially the same form.

Check it out with a temporary jump to ADPlayer. See the result of a validation and observe the values taken by ^Num, ^Pts, ^Max, ^Val, and ^Par. The meaning of ^Num, ^Pts, ^Max is as before and
^Val became the number of the concerned Validate.,
^Par became the number of the concerned independent element.

Note: The meaning of  ^Num, ^Pts, ^Max, ^Val does never change. The meaning of ^Par ("Par" is for "Parameter") is like the one of a joker. The meaning of ^Par depends on the circumstances.
To understand more about that joker and to give some examples of the usage of the prepared messages 6006 and 6004 we continue the the following steps.

Some comments to that last illustration:
1) Geographically speaking the question is silly, the question is instructive about "How the program works".
2) You observe that the length of the table can be as long as you want.
3) An instructive part you will easily observe when you try the answer New York under ADPlayer. See result with New York in the table and see result without New York in the table.
4) The first three items of the table do not really need the message 6008 ("Perfect .." ). The Default Message of the Validater will do the job.
5) We shall add some other message to the first three items in the exercise 11.

Note: Use the command Import, explained on Guided Visit if you want to use these versions for those Default Messages in other documents.

We are ready for a temporary jump to ADPlayer to test the messages. See some results of validations: Illustration 1, Illustration 2, Illustration 3, Illustration 4, Illustration 5 .

Use this if you want to now more about cross-references.
Use this if you want to now more about Messages.
Look at these helps if you intend to use frequently Text Write Boxes. The Turbo button and the Interpretation of Parenthesis will be a powerful in the preparation of the Evaluation Table. Evaluation Tables of Text Write are often tedious.

- Document_Ex10.ADsrc  (the source file; a "W" in the icon)
- Document_Ex10.ADcomp  (the compiled file; a "P" in the icon)