WRKMSGD(WorkwithMessageDescriptions)CommandDescription

WRKMSGDCommandsyntaxdiagram
Purpose
TheWorkwithMessageDescriptions(WRKMSGD)commandallowstheusertodisplay
andworkwithdetailedinformationaboutthemessagescontainedinamessagefile.This
commandisusedtoadd,change,display,print,andremovemessagedescriptions.When
messagedescriptionsarechangedbyusingthisdisplay,thecurrentvaluesforthemessage
areshowninthecommandprompt.However,thereisa512characterlimitforthesecond
levelmessagetext.
OptionalParameters
MSGID
Specifiesthemessageidentifierwithwhichtobeginshowingalistofmessage
descriptionsinthemessagefilespecifiedbytheMSGFparameter.
*FIRST:Thefirstmessagedescriptioninthemessagefileisfirstinthemessagelist
display.
messageID:Specifythemessageidentifierusedtobeginthemessagelistdisplay.
Themessageidentifiermustbesevencharactersinlengthandinthe
format,pppmmnn.
Thefirstthreecharacters(ppp)mustbeginwithacodeconsistingofanalphabetic
characterfollowedbytwoalphanumeric(alphabeticordecimal)characters;thelast
fourcharacters(mmnn)mustconsistofdecimalvaluesrangingfrom0through9and
thecharactersAthroughF.
MSGF
Specifiesthequalifiednameofthemessagefilefromwhichthemessagedescriptions
aretaken.
Thenameofthemessagefilecanbequalifiedbyoneofthefollowinglibraryvalues:
*LIBL:Alllibrariesinthejob'slibrarylistaresearcheduntilthefirstmatchis
found.
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*CURLIB:Thecurrentlibraryforthejobissearched.Ifnolibraryisspecifiedasthe
currentlibraryforthejob,theQGPLlibraryisused.
libraryname:Specifythenameofthelibrarytobesearched.
QCPFMSG:Messagedescriptionsaretakenfromthesystemmessagefile,
QCPFMSG,inlibraryQSYS.
messagefilename:Specifythenameofthemessagefiletouse.
ExampleforWRKMSGD
WRKMSGDMSGF(QSYS/QCPFMSG)

ThiscommandallowstheusertoutilizetheWorkwithMessageDescriptionsdisplayfor
messagedescriptionsfoundinmessagefileQCPFMSGinlibraryQSYS.Fromthatdisplay,
theusercanadd,change,delete,display,orprintthesemessagedescriptions.
ErrormessagesforWRKMSGD
*ESCAPEMessages
CPF2401
Notauthorizedtolibrary&1.
CPF2407
Messagefile&1in&2notfound.
CPF2411
Notauthorizedtomessagefile&1in&2.
CPF2483
Messagefilecurrentlyinuse.
CPF2499
Messageidentifier&1notallowed.
CPF2510
Messagefile&1in&2logicallydamaged.
CPF2516
Unabletoopendisplayorprinterfile&1in&2.
CPF9807
Oneormorelibrariesinlibrarylistdeleted.
CPF9810
Library&1notfound.
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CPF9830
Cannotassignlibrary&1.

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