When you take the option to change a message description from the Work with Message Descriptions display, all current values for the selected message description are retrieved and placed on the prompt display.
The first- and second-level text are converted from the CCSID of the message file to the CCSID of the job before they are put on the prompt display.
*JOB is displayed for the CCSID keyword and has two different meanings depending on what you do on the prompt display. If you change any part of the first- or second-level text, *JOB means that the text is converted from the CCSID of the job to the CCSID of the message file when you press the Enter key. If the text is unchanged, *JOB works like *SAME, and none of the following texts are changed:
Both the first- and second-level text of a message description must be in the same CCSID. If you change the CCSID of one level, the system automatically converts the other level to match.
The CCSID of message file MYMSGF is 65534. The CCSID of the job that is running WRKMSGD is 00277. The CCSID of the message description is 00037.
Select option 2 to change a message description. The text of the message description is converted from CCSID 00037 to 00277 before being placed on the prompt display.
If only the first-level text is changed, the 00277-tagged text is stored in the message file. The CCSID of the message description is changed to 00277. The 00277-tagged second-level text is also stored in the message file to keep both the first- and second-level text in the same CCSID.