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Re: [ECS] Virtual Items Mark Gilmore Tue, 28 Nov 2000 08:07:19 -0500

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Hi Kevin,
Virtual Items do nothing but hold States.
I think you want to use the existing (real) NEW PHONE MESSAGES Item.
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Mark Gilmore
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Kevin Keast wrote:
> 
> I think I am missing something here:
> 
> I am trying to create an item to hold the state of my "New Phone Messages"
> item.
> 
> This item is called MSGS and is defined as a virtual item.
> 
> When I receive a new phone message ECS does not change the state of the
> virtual item - What am I doing wrong here?
> 
> Thanks in Advance,
> 
> Kevin

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