Enabling notifications and setting notification criteria

You can set the AEL to inform you about changes in alert status. You can also specify the conditions which must be met before you receive a notification.

1. Press Shift+P to open the Preferences window. You can also access the Preferences window from the AEL menu bar and tool bar.
2. Click Notifications and complete the fields as follows:

   Enabled

   Select this check box to receive notification of new, changed, or deleted alerts when the event list is minimized.

   When Iconized

   Select this check box to receive notification of new, changed, or deleted alerts on iconized desktop environments. An iconized desktop environment displays an icon when the event list is minimized.

   Use the When and How options to set the notification method.

   Always

   Select this check box to always receive notification of new, changed, or deleted alerts.

   When

   Select each check box to receive notification as follows:

   New

   You receive a notification when a new alert is added to the event list.

   Change

   You receive a notification when an existing alert changes in the event list.

   Delete

   You receive a notification when an existing alert is deleted from the event list.

   How

   Select each option to indicate how a notification should occur:

   Alert Icon

   Flashes the minimized event list.

   Open Window

   Opens the event list on the screen.

   Play Sound

   Plays a sound on the workstation. In the text box, specify the sound file to play in the following format:

   $(SERVER)/sounds/soundfile

   Replace soundfile with the name of the sound file. For example: gong.au

   Open URL

   Opens a URL

   URL Target

   If you selected Open URL, type the URL that you want to be opened.

   Note: When the AEL runs as an applet in a separate browser window, only the Play Sound and Open URL notifications are effective.

3. Save the settings for use in the current session, or for future sessions:
   • To use these preferences in the current session only, click Apply.
   • To use these preferences in future sessions, click Save.
4. Click one of the other tabs to make more changes or to exit the Preferences window, click Close.