ABCD Voting
In this topic we will create a voting service that accepts A, B, C and D letters as votes.
- Make sure that there are no active connections in the
Connections window.
- Click the
New button on the main toolbar.
- Choose Voting service from the list of available services and click the OK button.
- Click the
Setup button on the main toolbar to display the Voting Setup dialog.
- In the General tab of the Voting Setup dialog click the
Add button.
- In the Add Item dialog in the Name field enter A, in the Pattern field enter A and click the Add + button. The new item is added and the dialog is cleared to let you enter new item. Type B in the Name field,
type B in the Pattern field and click the
Add + button. Repeat this procedure to enter C and D. Click the Close button to close the Add Item dialog. In the Answers table you can now see four answers, namely A, B, C and D.
- Click the OK button to close the Voting Setup dialog.
- Create and connect a new Emulator connection of the type Quiz (A-D), with cleared Include prefix option and Speed set to Slow.
- Use the
Start and
Stop buttons on the main toolbar to start and stop the service. While the service is stopped it does not receive any new messages.
- Activate the
Voting Inbox window to see the messages received by Voting service. Make sure that the service is started to see the messages arriving.
- Activate the
Voting Results window to see the incoming votes and the voting chart.
- Press the F9 key to display the chart in the full screen mode. Press the F9 key again to return back to the chart preview.
- In the
Voting Results window click the Edit Profile option from the Tools menu to display the Voting Profile dialog. In this dialog you can configure the visual appearance of the chart.
- Click the
Close button on the main toolbar to close the service.
Related topics
Working with Services,
About Voting
Service, Voting Profile Dialog