OSI/MHS Management Programming Manual

SPI Programming Considerations for OSI/MHS
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Templates and Labels
messages to select which event messages will be returned to your application. You can
create filters that return only critical event messages, all messages associated with a
particular device, all messages with a certain event number, and so forth.
For examples of filters you could use to select event messages related to the OSI/MHS
subsystem, refer to Appendix C, Examples
.
The EMS Manual provides information on how to code, compile, load, and replace
filters.
Templates and Labels
Event-message templates are provided with the OSI/MHS product. These define the
text used for displays of event messages by the ViewPoint console application and other
console devices and applications. Both source and compiled templates are provided.
You can modify the source templates and compile them again if you wish to customize
your messages.
The name of the OSI/MHS template object file is ZMHSTMPL; the source file is
SMHSTMPL. For general information about DSM templates and instructions on how to
use and modify them, refer to the DSM Template Services Manual.
The OSI/MHS subsystem also provides labels for use in debugging, as described in the
DSM Template Services Manual.
Naming Guidelines for Applications
By convention, Compaq uses names beginning with the letter Z (lowercase z in C) for
all definitions and all component fields of structures in its definition files. To avoid
present and future conflicts with names defined by Compaq, it is best not to begin any of
your own names with uppercase or lowercase Z.