This pane dynamically displays several tabs that provide information (system messages) or enable you to perform a specific task (debug code or navigate to problem spots).
Message page displays a queue of messages from the system. Non-critical error messages display here rather than interrupting work flow with modal dialogs. This pane is hidden by default. Use the speedmenu to save or copy messages, navigate to problem spots described by a message line, or clear the message queue.
Debugger page displays when the integrated debugger is invoked. Use the speedmenu to navigate to the bug described by a debugger message line.
You can show or hide this pane from the View menu, Main toolbar, or keyboard shortcut. When the Message pane is hidden, an icon in the first cell of the status bar indicates the presence of messages in message queue. You can clear the queue by opening the Message pane (if hidden) and removing either single messages or all messages (choose Remove or Remove All, respectively, in the Message pane's speedmenu).
Non-critical error messages display in the Messages page rather than in modal dialogs. For example, if you draw a link to an invalid receptor, the link isn't created, a message is written to the end of the queue, and the message icon displays on the status bar. If something you do appears not to work, check Messages.
Messages that Together intercepts from external tools such as version control or a compiler also display in the Message pane. Compiler error messages are of particular interest because you can double click on an error message in the Message pane and navigate directly to the code that caused the error.
You can use the Message pane's speed menu to copy messages to the clipboard or save them to a file.
The debugger page appears when you start the debugger. I displays the Debugger tabset which enables selection of different debug processes (console, threads, classes, etc.). It als contains the Debugger tooblar that enables you to start, stop, trace into, step over, etc. as you work with the Debugger.
Tip: Leave the Messages pane open until you have gained some experience using Together.