Booked Messages:

Once the message has been produced, rather then sending it immediately, a message can be booked to be delivered at some future point in time. This time has a resolution of about one minute, however the user will be limited to 5 minute increments.

After clicking on the Booked button, you should be presented with the following screen.

Changing the Booked Time:

The idea is to pick a future date and time and hit the Save button.

On the left hand side the calendar will be set to today's date and the Select Time frame will be set to the current time.

On the right hand side the Required Message Time will be the current time as will the label Current Time. The Difference label of course will be display 0 minutes.

As you make a change to the booked time these labels will change.

Calendar:

This calendar is more sophisticated then previous versions.

The current date has a red circle around it. When you select a day it changes to a blue background. To select a day close to the current date just click on the day required. To select today again just click on the word Today as shown on the right.

 

 

If the date is not immediately visible , you can click on the name of the month to select a future month as shown on the left.

You can also change the month by clicking on the arrows next to the name of the month.

 

 

 

 

Time Tumblers:

This time is selected with the tumblers. The minutes increments in 5 minute increments. It is pointless to improve on this resolution.

Care should be taken when booking many messages around the same time. It will affect the time it takes to deliver the messages.

 Note that if you select a date or time before the current date and time you will get a warning message as shown.

 

 

 

 

 

On the right hand side the Required Message Time will change with every date and time change. The Difference label is intended to give the user an idea of how far into the future the message will be in days and minutes.

When the date and time are set click on the save button. The message will be inserted into a separate database which is searched by MTELpage once a minute. If the message is saved a pop up box will be presented as shown below.

It is possible to book another message for the same entry by changing the date and time again and hitting the save button again. This is a quick way to set up a couple of tests.

Now that the message has been booked simply exit this frame to return to the normal Select Client frame. When MTELpage checks the booked database and finds messages to be delivered to the queue it pops up a warning to the user to explain it is busy processing the booked message as shown.

Viewing Booked Messages:

Booked messages can be viewed by clicking on the Book button in the Select Client frame.

You will be presented with the Active Booked Messages frame. In it is a grid of booked messages.

The fields are fairly self explanatory, however groups are booked in as the group, not as a bunch of members. When the message is to be delivered it will be expanded by MTELpage when the messages are sent to the queue.

Deleting Booked Messages:

To delete a booked message simply highlight the entry by clicking on the box to the left of the entry.

Now just hit the delete key.

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