SNAX/XF LU Network Services Manual

SNAXUTL ADD Commands
The SNAX/XF Utility
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ADD ESSMSG Command The ADD ESSMSG command adds messages to the ESS table. These can be either
system or user messages.
ADD ESSMSG message-name
, MSGTEXT message-text
message-name
is the name of the record containing the message. The value specified for
message-name can contain from 1 to 32 alphanumeric and special characters.
The first character of a system message name must be the letter S, followed by four
digits. This operand is not case-sensitive.
MSGTEXT message-text
specifies the message text associated with the above message name. The value
specified for message-text can contain from 1 to 4042 bytes. Any byte value can
be specified.
Note that if the message text extends beyond one line in the command file or if any
non-character byte values are included, the message must be specified as a
sequence of extended data segments. See “Operands” earlier in this appendix.
Also note that any screen-control characters must be coded in ASCII-hexadecimal
format.