CL Programming


Adding Messages to a File

You use the Add Message Description (ADDMSGD) command to describe your predefined messages and to add them to the message file you created. On the ADDMSGD command, you specify the message identifier, the name of the message file into which the message is to be placed, and the message description. In the message description, you can specify:

Each of the items that can be contained in the message description is described in more detail on the following pages.

The following commands are also available for use with message descriptions:

Change Message Description (CHGMSGD)
Changes a message description.

Display Message Description (DSPMSGD)
Displays a message description. (A range of message identifiers can be specified in this command.)

Remove Message Description (RMVMSGD)
Removes a message description from a message file.

Retrieve Message (RTVMSG)
Retrieves a message from a message file.

Merge Message File (MRGMSGF)
Merges messages from one message file into another message file.

Work with Message Descriptions (WRKMSGD)
Displays a list of messages in a file and allows you to add, change, or delete message descriptions.


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