Creating custom alert icons

You can use custom icons to display important information at all times on a maintenance window. Custom icons are linked to either:

Custom icons are also displayed in the Attendance window. See IconAlertsDisplay configuration setting in the Synergetic System maintenance manual.

To create or edit a custom icon that is linked to a field in the maintenance window:

Select Module > System > Configuration File Maintenance.
The Configuration File Maintenance window is displayed.
Find Icon.
The Custom Icon configuration settings are displayed.
Select the configuration setting you want to edit, or click to create a new one.
Type in the keys from the table below.

Key	Description
1	Maintenance window the custom icon appears on. Values include: StudentMaint StaffMaint CommunityMaint FutureStudentMaint PastStudentMaint.
2	CustomIcon.
3	Number of the custom icon, for example 1.
4	Name of the checkbox the custom icon connects to. For example: Staff.ActiveFlag connects to the Active Staff Member checkbox on the School tab of Staff Maintenance. Note: If the custom icon uses an SQL function, this key is overridden.
5	Not used.
Type	STR.
Value	Path of the image to be used as the icon. For example: pin.bmp tells Synergetic to use the pin.bmp file in the Site\Images\Icons\ directory for the icon. Note: You can use directories within the Site\Images\Icons\ directory but you cannot specify a directory outside of Site\Images\Icons\.

To create or edit a custom icon linked to an SQL function:

Select Module > System > Configuration File Maintenance.
The Configuration File Maintenance window is displayed.
Find Icon.
The Custom Icon configuration settings are displayed.
Select the configuration setting you want to edit, or click to create a new one.
Type in the keys from the table below.

Key	Description
1	Maintenance window the custom icon appears on. Values include: StudentMaint StaffMaint CommunityMaint FutureStudentMaint PastStudentMaint.
2	CustomIcon.
3	Number of the custom icon, for example 1.
4	Name of the checkbox the custom icon connects to. For example: Staff.ActiveFlag connects to the Active Staff Member checkbox on the School tab of Staff Maintenance. Note: If the custom icon uses an SQL function, this key is overridden.
5	Not used.
Type	STR.
Value	Type the information in the following order: File path of the image to be used as the icon. Two pipe characters (\|\|). The SQL function to control whether or not the icon is displayed. For example: Assorted\pin.bmp \|\| SELECT dbo.ufnIsUnder18(:@ID) tells Synergetic to: use the pin.bmp image in the Site\Images\Icons\Assorted\ directory for the icon Note: You can use directories within the Site\Images\Icons\ directory but you cannot specify a directory outside of Site\Images\Icons\. use the value returned by the SQL function ufnIsUnder18 to determine whether or not the icon displays pass the Synergetic ID of the community member whose maintenance screen is open as a parameter to the SQL function. Note: The SQL function must be a stored function that returns either 1 or 0.

You can create custom icons that open the relevant navigation bar when clicked. To create custom icons linked to a navigation bar:

Select Module > System > Configuration File Maintenance.
The Configuration File Maintenance window is displayed.
Find Icon.
The Custom Icon configuration settings are displayed.
Select the configuration setting you want to edit, or click to create a new one.
Type in the keys from the table below.

Key	Description
1	Maintenance window the custom icon appears on. Values include: StudentMaint StaffMaint CommunityMaint FutureStudentMaint PastStudentMaint.
2	CustomIcon.
3	Number of the custom icon, for example 1.
4	Name of the checkbox the custom icon connects to. For example: Staff.ActiveFlag connects to the Active Staff Member checkbox on the School tab of Staff Maintenance. Note: If the custom icon uses an SQL function, this key is overridden.
5	Not used.
Type	STR.
Key	Description
Value	Type the information in the following order: File path of the image to be used as the icon. Two pipe characters (\|\|). The SQL function to control whether or not the icon is displayed. One pipe character (\|). The name of the bar to open. Note: Do not add spaces or extra characters such as commas or periods. For example: Assorted\pin.bmp\|\|SELECT dbo.ufnIsUnder18(:@ID)\|Personal tells Synergetic to: use the pin.bmp image in the Site\Images\Icons\Assorted\ directory for the icon Note: You can use directories within the Site\Images\Icons\ directory but you cannot specify a directory outside of Site\Images\Icons\. use the value returned by the SQL function ufnIsUnder18 to determine whether or not the icon displays pass the Synergetic ID of the community member whose maintenance screen is open as a parameter to the SQL function open the Personal bar when the icon is clicked. Note: The SQL function must be a stored function that returns either 1 or 0.