Pathmaker Programming Guide

Modifying Requesters
Advanced Pathmaker Programming Topics
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Messages in MESSAGE-FORMATS and UNDEFINED-MESSAGES
The messages in the MESSAGE-FORMATS and UNDEFINED-MESSAGES sections are
displayed on the ADVISORY line when appropriate. These messages can be rewritten
or translated into other languages. Some of these messages are incomplete in the file
and are filled in programmatically, usually with numeric values.
You can rewrite the message so that the length of each message fragment is different
from the original message. The only restriction is that the total length of the message
must be less than or equal to 76 characters; for example:
?SECTION MESSAGE-FORMATS, TANDEM
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02 T9154-TMF-ERROR-MSG.
03 FILLER PIC X(39) VALUE
"Transaction restart has failed after ".<--
03 T9154-TE-RESTARTS PIC 9(04). | Original
03 FILLER PIC X(25) VALUE | message.
" attempts. ". <--
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You can adjust the length of each message fragment:
?SECTION MESSAGE-FORMATS, TANDEM
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02 T9154-TMF-ERROR-MSG.
03 FILLER PIC X(26) VALUE
"TMF restart failure after ". <--
03 T9154-TE-RESTARTS PIC 9(04). | New
03 FILLER PIC X(38) VALUE | message.
" attempts. Returning to main menu.". <--
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