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<concept id="GUID-E9F203A6-D9E3-41B7-9FC4-24EDE20C4753" xml:lang="en"><title>Error |
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note</title><prolog><metadata><keywords/></metadata></prolog><conbody> |
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<p>Error notes are a warning to the user. They should only be used when the |
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user has tried to do something that may cause a considerable problem.</p> |
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<title>Error note</title> |
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<section id="GUID-A62B2AD0-BA1F-4112-9B61-25D29D3B1854"><title>Guidelines |
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for using error notes</title> <p>Use an error note when the user does |
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something that may cause considerable harm immediately or later. For example, |
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the user gives a wrong PIN code. Repeating this couple of times would block |
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the SIM card.</p> <p>To keep error notes effective, they should be used very |
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sparingly. In most ordinary error cases, an <xref href="GUID-E449F309-F230-46F9-B777-EF64D0E3191D.dita">information |
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note</xref> should be used instead of an error note. It has a less aggressive |
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sound and graphics.</p> <p>It should also be noted that if the information |
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to be given is such that the user must see and acknowledge it, a confirmation |
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query is a better component to use than a note. Then the user must press a |
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key to dismiss the information, and there is time to read and think about |
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the notification.</p> </section> |
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<section id="GUID-247815E4-E5BD-456A-9AD0-C3B856C5E274"><title>Using |
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error notes in C++ applications</title><p>You can create either a basic error |
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note that is displayed only when your application is in the foreground or |
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a global note that stays displayed even if the application launching the note |
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is not in the foreground. The related APIs are the <xref format="html" href="specs/guides/Notes_API_Specification/Notes_API_Specification.html" scope="peer">Notes API</xref> (for basic notes) and the <xref format="html" href="specs/guides/Notifiers_API_Specification/Notifiers_API_Specification.html" scope="peer">Notifiers API</xref> (for global notes). </p><p>To use an error |
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note with the default icon, text, sound, and duration, create an instance |
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of the note class <xref href="jar:GUID-759FBC7F-5384-4487-8457-A8D4B76F6AA6.jar!/html/classCAknErrorNote.html" format="application/java-archive"><codeph>CAknErrorNote</codeph></xref>.</p><p>To create a global error note, use the class <xref href="jar:GUID-759FBC7F-5384-4487-8457-A8D4B76F6AA6.jar!/html/classCAknGlobalNote.html" format="application/java-archive"><codeph>CAknGlobalNote</codeph></xref> in the <xref format="html" href="specs/guides/Notifiers_API_Specification/Notifiers_API_Specification.html" scope="peer">Notifiers API</xref>. For implementation information, see <xref format="html" href="specs/guides/Notes_API_Specification/Notes_API_Specification.html#Notes_API_Specification.topic3.5" scope="peer">Using global notes</xref> and <xref format="html" href="specs/guides/Notes_API_Specification/Notes_API_Specification.html#Notes_API_Specification.topic3.6" scope="peer">Using global notes with user interaction</xref>.</p><p>For basic |
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notes, you can change the icon or text displayed in the note, use a different |
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kind of sound, or change the note duration using the setter methods in the |
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class <xref href="jar:GUID-759FBC7F-5384-4487-8457-A8D4B76F6AA6.jar!/html/classCAknNoteDialog.html" format="application/java-archive"><codeph>CAknNoteDialog</codeph></xref>: <xref href="jar:GUID-759FBC7F-5384-4487-8457-A8D4B76F6AA6.jar!/html/classCAknNoteDialog.html#bfce8dc1591cae822feca43a093a11a9" format="application/java-archive"><codeph>SetIconL()</codeph></xref>, <xref href="jar:GUID-759FBC7F-5384-4487-8457-A8D4B76F6AA6.jar!/html/classCAknNoteDialog.html#ae7db1ca3d39de28ae4793b4e7cf79cb" format="application/java-archive"><codeph>SetTextL()</codeph></xref>, <xref href="jar:GUID-759FBC7F-5384-4487-8457-A8D4B76F6AA6.jar!/html/classCAknNoteDialog.html#5f887d8738ed0f061a1c9e82cf3a14a5" format="application/java-archive"><codeph>SetTone()</codeph></xref>, and <xref href="jar:GUID-759FBC7F-5384-4487-8457-A8D4B76F6AA6.jar!/html/classCAknNoteDialog.html#8778e804a7709588a4cd23134f79674c" format="application/java-archive"><codeph>SetTimeout()</codeph></xref>.</p><p>For information on customizing global notes, see <xref format="html" href="specs/guides/Notifiers_API_Specification/Notifiers_API_Specification.html#Notifiers_API_Specification.topic3.4" scope="peer">Enhancing global notes</xref>. You can change the graphic, animation, |
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tone, and softkeys using the methods in the class <xref href="jar:GUID-759FBC7F-5384-4487-8457-A8D4B76F6AA6.jar!/html/classCAknGlobalNote.html" format="application/java-archive"><codeph>CAknGlobalNote</codeph></xref>: <xref href="jar:GUID-759FBC7F-5384-4487-8457-A8D4B76F6AA6.jar!/html/classCAknGlobalNote.html#cee323af0704e07d3f1887a4a13c1639" format="application/java-archive"><codeph>SetGraphic()</codeph></xref>, <xref href="jar:GUID-759FBC7F-5384-4487-8457-A8D4B76F6AA6.jar!/html/classCAknGlobalNote.html#d23699273b28a39c0817bc575be767ab" format="application/java-archive"><codeph>SetAnimation()</codeph></xref>, <xref href="jar:GUID-759FBC7F-5384-4487-8457-A8D4B76F6AA6.jar!/html/classCAknGlobalNote.html#a8748ee0b3342c24a11b8ed0ea9121bc" format="application/java-archive"><codeph>SetTone()</codeph></xref>, and <xref href="jar:GUID-759FBC7F-5384-4487-8457-A8D4B76F6AA6.jar!/html/classCAknGlobalNote.html#f31895e5838994b1c70300cfd3d7d127" format="application/java-archive"><codeph>SetSoftkeys()</codeph></xref>.</p></section> |
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</conbody><related-links> |
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<link href="GUID-875D74D3-5663-42E3-A4B9-294F82FF5486.dita"><linktext>Confirmation |
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note</linktext></link> |
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<link href="GUID-E449F309-F230-46F9-B777-EF64D0E3191D.dita"><linktext>Information |
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<link href="GUID-ED198434-94C0-4842-8353-B2FA319BA5C7.dita"><linktext>Warning note</linktext> |
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<link href="GUID-11B69814-5B3E-42AE-844E-998A7A08E654.dita"><linktext>Permanent |
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<link href="GUID-93EFC9E4-8779-415D-ABEB-2AC9991996DD.dita"><linktext>Wait note</linktext> |
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<link href="GUID-81E33E18-D390-4110-8D85-1FCDA9CC311E.dita"><linktext>Progress |
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