Re: Windows NT messaging

Greetings,

I believe this simply "waits" for the user to select OK. Probably have to write your own UI
if you want (5 minutes in VB should do it).

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"null" <null@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:43D64CD5.B55798BA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>I know this group isn't for NT messaging, but I couldn't find any group
> specifically for it. Please direct me to the appropriate group if there
> is one.
>
> My questions are:
>
> If you go to a command prompt and type in "msg /?" it will tell you that
> the /w switch will wait for a response from the user. But it doesn't to
> do anything - the message is sent just as if the /w switch wasn't used.
> What am I missing? Or, what does it do?
>
> Is there a GUI I can use or desktop shortcut I can use to give a dialog
> box for entering the message and selecting a user (recipient)? Please
> don't suggest the Computer Management console, as it gives me an error
> message that it's an invalid name or the computer isn't on; however, it
> works using that name in a command prompt with the msg command.
>
> Thanks for any help you can provide.
>
>


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