Display message

With this type of scheduled task selected, Advanced Task Scheduler displays popup messages on the screen. Popup messages will help you not forget about the important things, which you have planned to get done.

Message appearance
User's default - Version 9 and later: User's default appearance as selected in the Message Center settings.
Toast notification - Version 9 and later: Toast notification will be displayed. User can change additional toast notification settings in the the Message Center. This option is only available in Windows 10 and later.
Popup message window - Popup window will be displayed with the message text. User can change additional popup message settings in the the Message Center.
Transparent window near Task Bar - Transparent window will be displayed near your task bar. This option is only available in Windows 2000, XP and later.
Balloon message near Task Bar - Standard balloon will be displayed near your task bar. You can close it by clicking anywhere on the balloon area by left mouse button. Note that balloon will disappear after some time of inactivity. This option is only available in Windows XP and later. Since Windows 10 balloon notification is the same as toast notification.

Message text
Text of the message to be displayed.

Sound file
When message appears, this sound will be played. If you want to be sure that you will be notified of some event, select a sound file here. Thus, you will not only see the message, but will also hear the message sound.

Background image
If you select the Popup message window option, you can specify a background image for the popup window.

Returning codes
Error code: Error code of starting the command
Exit code: Error code of displaying the message

Related Topics
Ask message
Message Center

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