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<meta name="DC.Title" content="Program message design" />
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<title>Program message design</title>
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<!-- Java sync-link --><script language="Javascript" src="../rzahg/synch.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
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<h1 class="topictitle1">Program message design</h1>
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<div><p>A message can be predefined or immediate.</p>
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<p>Consider the following information when you design and
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code:</p>
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<ul><li>Do not use immediate messages. They are created by the sender or program
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at the time they are sent and are not stored in a message file. Therefore,
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they cannot be translated by the translator.</li>
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<li>Use predefined message descriptions that can both: <ul><li>Exist outside of the program that uses them.</li>
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<li>Be stored in a message file.</li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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<li>Do not specify the maximum size for a message file. When the message file
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becomes full, you cannot change the size of the message file. You need to
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create another message file and add the message description again. <p>Use
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the Create Message File (CRTMSGF) command to create a message file to hold
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the predefined message description. The contents of the predefined message
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description can be put into a message file by the Add Message Description
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(ADDMSGD) command.</p>
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</li>
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<li>Use substitution variables with care. Different languages have different
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orders for substitution variables. For example, in the English message: <pre>File &1 in Library &2 not found.</pre>
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<p>&1;
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and &2; are the substitution variables. Those substitution variables can
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appear in different positions for different languages.</p>
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</li>
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<li>Make your design and coding able to understand a reply code for different
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languages. For example, <pre>English Y = Yes
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Danish J = Ja (means Yes)</pre>
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</li>
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</ul>
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<p>The following figure shows the creation of different NLV messages from
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message files.</p>
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<br /><img src="rbags509.gif" alt="Creating different NLV messages from message files" /><br /><p>A program can directly access the message file for program messages, or
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it can indirectly access the message file through display files for program
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messages.</p>
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<div class="familylinks">
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<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="rbagsuseint.htm" title="A user interface is the part of a software product that your customer actually sees.">User interfaces</a></div>
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<div class="relconcepts"><strong>Related concepts</strong><br />
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<div><a href="rbagsccsidmsgsup2.htm" title="Use CCSID support for handling messages and message catalogs on i5/OS.">CCSID support for messages</a></div>
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</div>
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<div class="relref"><strong>Related reference</strong><br />
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<div><a href="../cl/crtmsgf.htm">Create Message File (CRTMSGF) command</a></div>
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<div><a href="../cl/addmsgd.htm">Add Message Description (ADDMSGD) command</a></div>
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<div><a href="../rbam6/rbam6clmain.htm">Control language</a></div>
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