Re: Search for message text?

In my book, APIs at Work, Chapter 10: Message APIs provides a sample program which scans the first and second level text of a message file for a given word. The example program (provided in ILE RPG, OPM RPG, and ILE COBOL) uses the Retrieve Message API QMHRTVM to access the message descriptions and the Convert Case API QlgConvertCase so that the search is not case sensitive.

As you posted to the COBOL list I will add that while the main text of the book uses free form RPG, ILE COBOL examples for all of the sample programs are also provided.

Bruce Vining
(who, as the author, does have a financial interest in the book)

----- Original Message ----- From: <geir.kildal@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobol400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 3:47 AM
Subject: [COBOL400-L] Search for message text?

Hello,

Is there a way to search for words in the message text in a file of type
*MSGF?

Neither Display(5) nor Work with(12) has such a function...


Mvh.

Geir.

"Keep it simple!"


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