VEMap.ShowMessage Method

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Displays the specified message in a dialog box on the map.

VEMap.ShowMessage(message);

Parameters

Parameter Description

message

The message you want to display on the map

Caution The message box is an HTML element that can have JavaScript embedded in it. Verify the input value before executing it on your web page.

Remarks

The message dialog box appears for 10 seconds, and then disappears automatically.

Example

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "https://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html>
   <head>
      <title></title>
      <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">

      <script type="text/javascript" src="https://ecn.dev.virtualearth.net/mapcontrol/mapcontrol.ashx?v=6.3"></script>

      <script type="text/javascript">
         var map = null;
 
         function GetMap()
         {
            map = new VEMap('myMap');
            map.LoadMap();
         }  
     
         function ClearMsg()
         {
            document.getElementById('txtMsg').innerText = "";
         }
     
         function ShowMessage()
         {
            map.ShowMessage(document.getElementById('txtMsg').innerText);
         }
      </script>
   </head>
   <body onload="GetMap();">
      <div id='myMap' style="position:relative; width:400px; height:400px;"></div>
      <textarea id="txtMsg" style="width:400px; height:75px" onactivate="ClearMsg()">Enter a message.</textarea><br />
      <input id="btnShowMsg" type="button" value="Show Message" onclick="ShowMessage()">
   </body>
</html>