Talon allows you to request information from the Law Enforcement Information Network and TalonPoints. When a request is made, both the request and response are displayed within the Talon main window.
Talon Views
There are five different ways to view messages in Talon:
Activity Window displays every inquiry and response within a single window.
Message List displays a history of messages for the current user, and allows you to select a specific item to view the details.
Manage Messages displays each query and associated responses in folders. Each folder displays the responses to the selected query. This is the default view of Talon Desktop.
Case displays the responses to the selected query into subfolders based on type of response.
Local Logs displays a history of messages for all users who have run Talon on that specific computer.
To toggle between the different views, select the desired option from the View menu. A check box next to the view name indicates that you are using that view.
Common Elements of the Messages Window
Menu Bar
The menu bar provides access to all Talon features.
Tool Bar
The Talon toolbar provides shortcuts to common functions.
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Toggle Day/Night mode |
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Copy |
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Pause activity (Activity view only) |
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Previous page (Activity view only) |
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Next page (Activity view only) |
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Who's Where Messaging |
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Opens the message details of the selected message in a new window |
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Last Form |
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Exits Talon |
Button Bar
The button bar is used to display buttons you configured to launch frequently used form. To add buttons, select Configure Function Buttons from the Configure menu. If you have function buttons defined, you can access these forms by either clicking the button on the button bar, or pressing the associated function key on the keyboard. To change the font size of the buttons, select View Options from the Configure menu.
Status Bar
The status bar displays the current date and time, the current view and the number of unread and total messages.
