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How to Change the Message Table
Changing The Message Table Text
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Required Format of the
Edit File
When you create an Edit file version of the message table, the content of the file must
conform to a prescribed format. You can create an Edit file that contains:
Only a ?VOCABULARY section. You cannot use the key-sequenced version of
such an Edit file to replace the default message table; however, you can use the
key-sequenced version of this file as the message table for the current ENFORM
session. In this case, ENFORM uses the reserved word redefinitions from your
message table and obtains message and help text from the default message table.
Only ?MESSAGES and ?HELP sections. You can use the key-sequenced version of
this file either as the message table for the current ENFORM session or to replace
the default message table. In either case, ENFORM uses your message and help
text with the standard reserved words, system variable names, option variable
names, and command names.
?VOCABULARY, ?MESSAGES, and ?HELP sections. You can use the key-
sequenced version of this file either as the message table for the current ENFORM
session or to replace the default message table. In this case, ENFORM obtains
reserved word redefinitions, message text, and help text from your message table.
The following paragraphs describe the required format and content of each section.
?VOCABULARY Section
The ?VOCABULARY section allows you to redefine ENFORM reserved words, system
variable names, option variable names, and command names.
If you add a ?VOCABULARY section to an Edit file version of the message table, the
format of this section must conform to the following rules:
1. If you include a ?VOCABULARY section, this section must be the first section in
the Edit file.
2. You must enter the characters ?VOCABULARY in columns 1 through 11 of the
first line of this section.
3. You can enter definition pairs on all subsequent lines of this section. Definition
pairs consist of the following:
new-element-name [ = ] old-element-name
where new-element-name is the new name for the reserved word, system variable,
option variable, or command and old-element-name is the old name.
4. When specifying definition pairs, you must enter only 7-bit ASCII characters for
new-element-name. A new-element-name must conform to the naming rules specified
in the ENFORM Reference Manual.
5. You need enter only the definition pairs for the elements being redefined.
Elements that you do not redefine retain their default names.
6. You can enter more than one definition pair on a line by using a comma as a
separator.