EM3270 Manual

Product Components and Operation

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EMMSGS File

The EMMSGS file contains the text for various EM3270 functions, as well as flags that

control the issuance of messages to the LOG files, LOG1 and LOG2. EMMSGS is an

EDIT file in which each record is either a comment or an entry, depending upon what is

in column 1. Comment records begin with a blank or asterisk (*) in column 1. An entry

record begins as follows:

Table 1-1. EM3270 Distribution Files

File Code Function

EM3270 100 EM3270 program file

EMCOM 100 EMCOM program file

EMMSGS 101 Text of messages

SEM3TMPL 101 EMS template source

ZEM3C 101 EMS definitions - C Source

ZEM3COB 101 EMS definitions - COBOL Source

ZEM3DDL 101 EMS definitions - DDL Source

ZEM3PAS 101 EMS definitions - PASCAL Source

ZEM3SEGF 440 EMS definitions - TACL segment

ZEM3TACL 101 EMS definitions - TACL Source

ZEM3TAL 101 EMS definitions - TAL Source

ZEM3TMPL 839 EMS Format templates

Column 1: A letter identifying the kind of entry:

M Text literals. Records that contain text used by EM3270 in

various functions, such as the host switch procedure and line-

25 messages. The text for each entry begins in column 7.

K Event records. Records that represent EMS events that can be

generated by EM3270 under various circumstances. Column

7 contains a code defining the destination(s) of the event

message as follows:

I the event is not reported

E an EMS event is sent to LOG1, if open

L a text message is sent to LOG2, if open

B both LOG1 and LOG2 receive the message