MESSAGE MONITOR
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OPERATION:

To start:
Double-click on the message-monitor's icon in a directory viewer. The
program will install its icon on the icon bar and open a display window on
the screen showing what messages it has received. The program receives all
broadcast messages and all messages sent to it. It does not receive private
messages sent from one task to another. It receives these messages, and
reports them (subject to their reporting status) whether or not the
reporting display window is open. (Visible on the screen.)

Poll codes reported:
You can decide which poll codes the program is and is not to report by means
of the "Report" sub-menu, which is a list of poll codes. A tick next to an
entry in this menu means that the program will report the poll code in
question. Click the mouse on a poll code to change its status. The default
on starting up is to report all poll codes except 0 (null).

Windows:
The program has two windows, one for reporting poll codes the program
receives, and the other contains some additional test controls. Use the
"Controls" and "Messages" items in the program menu to open and close the
respective windows. A tick next to one of these items indicates that the
window is open (visible on the screen). You can also use the close icon in
the title bar when the program is in responding mode. The default on
starting up is messages window open and controls window closed.

Test controls:
The program has several test controls, in the form of writeable and dragable
icons. These are on the left-hand side of the message reporting window and
in a separate test controls window. You can also experiment with the system
area (border) of the windows. They will only have their normal effect when
the respond mode is switched on. When it is switched off, they have no
effect (except to report the poll code generated, subject to its reporting
status).

Responding mode:
You can decide weather or not the program responds to messages referring to
its display windows. The default on starting up is not to respond. Click the
mouse on the "Respond" item in the program's menu to change this status. The
respond status is shown by a tick next to the menu item and an indicator at
the bottom of the program's message reporting and test controls windows.
Clicking select or adjust on one of the indicators when the program is
responding turns the responding mode off.

Icon-bar menu:
The program's menu can always be accessed by clicking the menu button on the
program's icon-bar icon and can also be accessed by clicking the menu button
in the program's message reporting or test controls window when the program
is in responding mode. The icon-bar menu is not affected by the responding
mode mentioned above.

To quit:
Use the quit item in the menu to shut the program down.
