The system administrator may send the users informational messages including:
•message text;
•hyperlinks to internet resources;
•company logo (or any other graphic presentation).
The exact date of message reception is specified in the window title.
These messages are displayed on a user’s computer as popup windows (see the figure below).
Message window on a station under Windows OS
To send a message to a user
1.Select the Anti-virus network item in the main menu of the Control Center.
2.In the window that opens, select a station or a group on the hierarchical list and click 
General → 
Send message on the toolbar.
3.Fill in the following fields in the window that opens:
•In the Message title field, you can specify the title of the message, e.g. the company name. This text will be displayed in the message window title to the right of the logo. If you leave this field blank, information about the message will be displayed in the title of the message window.
•Message text—a required field containing the message itself.
•Set the Show logotype in the message flag to display a graphical object in the message window title. Specify the following logotype parameters:
▫On the right of the Logotype file field, click 
to load the logotype file from a local resource and select the necessary object in the file system browser (see Logo file format).
•Set the Show link in the message flag to include a hyperlink to web resources in the message.
To insert a link:
a)In the Link name field, specify the link name—text to be displayed in place of the link in the message.
b)In the URL address for the link field, specify the URL address of the web page to open on clicking the link.
c)In the Message text field, insert the {link} marker in all places where you want the link to appear. In the resulting message, the link with the specified parameters will be shown instead of the marker. You may use an unlimited number of the {link} markers in a text, however, all of them will have the same parameters from the URL address for the link and Link name fields. If one or several {link} markers are used, the link will be inserted instead of the markers.
d)If a {link} marker is not present in the Message text field, the link will be inserted once at the end of the message on a separate line.
•Set the Send to online stations only flag to send the message to online stations only. If the flag is set, messages are not sent to offline stations. If the flag is cleared, message sending to offline stations is postponed until they are connected.
•Set the Show send status flag to show a notification with the message send status.
4.Click Send.
A file with a graphic image (logotype) inserted into a message should meet the following requirements:
1.File graphic format: BMP, JPG, PNG, GIF, SVG.
2.Logo file size may not exceed 512 KB.
3.Overall image size is 72x72 pixels. Images of other sizes will be scaled to the default size when they are sent.
4.Any bit depth (8–24 bit).
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If you want to use a logotype with a transparent background in the message, use the PNG or GIF file formats.
Before sending a message to a user (especially to multiple users), it is recommended to send it first to any computer with the Dr.Web Agent installed to check the adequacy of the result. |
Message example
To send a message similar to the one displayed in the figure above, the following parameters were set:
Message text:
Dear user!
The Dr.Web Firewall component was installed on your computer. For details on the component functionality, click {link}.
Sincerely, Administration |
URL address for the link: http://drweb.com/
Link name: here