The Display Message Description (DSPMSGD) command shows detailed information about the messages in a message file. The descriptions of specific messages, or a range of messages in one message file, can be specified by their identifiers, or all messages in one message file can be specified.

Parameters

Keyword	Description	Choices	Notes
RANGE	Range of message identifiers	Single values: *ALL Other values: Element list	Optional, Positional 1
	Element 1: Lower value	Name, *FIRST
	Element 2: Upper value	Name, *ONLY, *LAST
MSGF	Message file	Qualified object name	Optional, Positional 2
	Qualifier 1: Message file	Name, QCPFMSG
	Qualifier 2: Library	Name, *LIBL, *CURLIB, *USRLIBL
DETAIL	Detail	*BASIC, *FULL	Optional
FMTTXT	Format message text	*YES, *NO	Optional
OUTPUT	Output	*, *PRINT	Optional

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Range of message identifiers (RANGE)

Specifies the range of message identifiers in the specified message file for which message descriptions are displayed or printed. All message descriptions in the message file specified for the Message file (MSGF) parameter can be displayed or printed by specifying *ALL on this parameter.

If the starting message identifier is not specified, the message descriptions begin with the first message in the specified message file.

Note: The ending message identifier is ignored when DETAIL(*BASIC) is specified with OUTPUT(*) and the list of message identifiers is displayed interactively.

Single values

*ALL

All message descriptions in the message file specified are displayed or printed. This value can only be specified in the first element of this parameter.

Element 1: Lower value

The first element of this parameter, called the starting message identifier, specifies the message identifier of the first message description to display or print.

*FIRST

The first message in the file specified for the Message file (MSGF) parameter is the first message whose description is displayed or printed.

lower-value

Specify the 7-character identifier of the first message description to be displayed or printed.

Element 2: Upper value

The second element of this parameter, called the ending message identifier, specifies the message identifier for the last message description to be printed. This value is ignored if OUTPUT(*) is specified.

*ONLY

Only the message identifier specified as a starting message identifier has its description printed.

*LAST

The last message in the file is the last message whose description is printed.

upper-value

Specify the 7-character identifier of the last message description to be printed.

Message file (MSGF)

Specifies the message file from which the message descriptions are to be shown.

Qualifier 1: Message file

QCPFMSG

Message descriptions are shown from message file QCPFMSG.

name

Specify the name of the message file from which the message descriptions are shown.

Qualifier 2: Library

*LIBL

All libraries in the library list for the current thread are searched until the first match is found.

*CURLIB

The current library for the job is used to locate the message file. If no current library entry exists in the library list, QGPL is used.

*USRLIBL

Only the libraries in the user portion of the job's library list are searched.

name

Specify the library where the message file is located.

Detail (DETAIL)

Specifies the amount of detail about the message that is displayed or printed.

*FULL

Detailed message descriptions are displayed or printed. If *PRINT is specified for the Output (OUTPUT) parameter, the detailed descriptions are printed. If an asterisk (*) is specified for the Output (OUTPUT) parameter, a menu is shown from which the user can select which details to view.

*BASIC

A list of the specified message identifiers, their severity, and messages are displayed or printed.

Format message text (FMTTXT)

Specifies whether messages and help information are displayed or printed in a formatted style.

*YES

The messages and help information are displayed or printed in a formatted style.

*NO

The messages and help information are displayed or printed in an unformatted style.

Output (OUTPUT)

Specifies whether the output from the command is displayed at the requesting work station or printed with the job's spooled output.

*

The output is displayed for interactive jobs or printed with the job's spooled output for non-interactive jobs.

*PRINT

The output is printed with the job's spooled output.

Examples

Example 1: Displaying or Printing Descriptions

DSPMSGD   RANGE(CPF1100  CPF3600)  MSGF(QSYS/QCPFMSG)

If this command is entered from a display station, the descriptions of the specified messages are shown on the display. If this command is entered from a batch job, the descriptions of the messages are sent to the job's spooled output queue.

Example 2: Printing Message Descriptions

DSPMSGD   RANGE(*FIRST  IDU0571)  MSGF(QIDU/QIDUMSG)
          FMTTXT(*NO)  OUTPUT(*PRINT)

This command prints the message descriptions for message identifiers in the file that are in the following range: from the first message in the QIDUMSG message file through the message whose identifier is IDU0571. The message descriptions are not formatted.

Error messages

*ESCAPE Messages

CPF2401

Not authorized to library &1.

CPF2407

Message file &1 in &2 not found.

CPF2411

Not authorized to message file &1 in &2.

CPF2483

Message file currently in use.

CPF2510

Message file &1 in &2 logically damaged.

CPF2515

Invalid message ID range.

CPF2516

Unable to open display or printer file &1 in &2.

CPF2519

Error occurred while processing message ID list.

CPF2537

Too many records written to file &2 in &3.

CPF9807

One or more libraries in library list deleted.

CPF9810

Library &1 not found.

CPF9830

Cannot assign library &1.