{ 'type': 'ir.actions.client', 'tag': 'action_warn', 'name': 'Failure', 'params': { 'title': 'Postage Cancellation Failed', 'text': 'Shipment is outside the void period.', 'sticky': True } }

Here’s a fuller example for those of you who need more illustration:

from openerp.osv import fields, osv from openerp.tools.translate import _ class growling_growler(osv.osv): _name = "growling.growler" _columns = { 'name': fields.char( 'Name', size=32, required=True ) } def growl(self, cr, uid, ids, context=None): return { 'type': 'ir.actions.client', 'tag': 'action_info', 'name': _('Growl'), 'params': { 'title': _('Grr...'), 'text': _('I am growling at you!'), 'sticky': False } }

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <openerp> <data> <record id="growling_growler_tree" model="ir.ui.view"> <field name="name"> growling.growler.tree </field> <field name="model"> growling.growler </field> <field name="arch" type="xml"> <tree string='Growling Growlers'> <field name='name'/> <button string="Growl!" name="growl" type="object" /> </tree> </field> </record> </data>