ENFORM User's Guide

How to Change the Message Table
Changing The Message Table Text
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Guidelines For Replacing
the Default Message Table
You can change the message table for all ENFORM sessions by replacing the default
message table, ENFORMMK. The new message table can either contain only
?MESSAGES and ?HELP sections (ENFORM uses the new messages and help text
with the standard reserved words) or ?VOCABULARY, ?MESSAGES, and ?HELP
sections (ENFORM uses the new reserved words, messages and help text). Remember
that changes to the default message table affect the message text for all individuals in
the system who use ENFORM and do not specify their own message table. To replace
the default message table, perform the following tasks:
1. Use the Command Interpreter VOLUME command to position yourself on the
volume and subvolume where the default message table, ENFORMMK, resides. If
you do not know the name of this volume and subvolume, ask your system
manager.
2. Use the FUP DUP command to create a backup copy of ENFORMMT (the default
Edit file version) and ENFORMMK (the default key-sequenced version).
3. Edit ENFORMMT and make the desired changes. Any changes to this file must
conform to the rules specified later in this appendix under “Required Format of
the Edit File’.
4. Purge the current version of ENFORMMK.
5. Use FUP to create the disc file for ENFORMMK by entering the following
commands:
:FUP
-SET TYPE K
-SET EXT (32,0)
-SET REC 289
-SET IBLOCK 4096
-SET BLOCK 4096
-SET KEYOFF 0
-SET KEYLEN 34
-CREATE ENFORMMK
6. Convert the Edit file version to the key-sequenced version by executing
BUILDMK. To execute BUILDMK, enter:
:BUILDMK enformmt,emformmk