I need to create a popup message box that displays when an option is not checked. I am uncertain how to use the popup window function in Axure. Is there an easy way to do this? Should I use dynamic panels? Or do I need to create a separate page that then links to the option conditions? If you need clarification please ask. This is hard to explain without screenshots. Thanks in advance.

Justin 

Hi Justin,

If you want the message to show up in a separate window you could use the Open Link in Popup Window action, or if you want the message to appear on the page, you could use dynamic panels. Here's is how it might look on the interaction of the checkbox:

OnClick
     Case 1
          Open MyMessagePage in Popup Window

or

OnClick
     Case 1
          Show MyMessagePanel

If you use the dynamic panel, you'll also want to set it to be hidden by default. Are you familiar with dynamic panels yet? If not, this can help http://www.axure.com/p201_1.aspx.

There is still the condition piece though. I think the condition might look like:

OnClick
     Case 1 (If is checked of MyCheckBox equals false)
          Show MyMessagePanel
     Case 2 (Else If true)
          Hide MyMessagePanel

More on conditions here http://www.axure.com/p202_1.aspx.

Victor,

Thanks for the reply. I ended up using a dynamic panel and got it to mimic the actual function pretty well. Because I needed a message box similar to what displays in Windows when there is an error I'm assuming I have to use dynamic panels for this. Is the Popup Window function in Axure only for displaying new popup browser windows? Thanks. 

Justin 

Hi Justin,

That's great. Yes, the popup window is meant for opening a page in a new browser window.