Re: show message on line 24

>Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 21:19:29 -0800
>From: "James W. Kilgore" <eMail@James-W-Kilgore.com>
>
>As you do, for an application a separate message file is appropriate,
>but since I'm not at my AS/400 I'm going to ask a dumb question: Do all
>entries in QCPFMSG _have_ to start with CPF?  I don't think so.
>
>So how about this:  You write a small CL utility program.  Upon an error
>you want to display your own message DCL1001 (Dan's CL message 1001).
>Is it possible to MONMSG that the message was not found, call another CL
>that adds the message to QCPFMSG and upon return your utility CL loops
>back to show the message?  So you write a program (ADDDCLMSG or some
>such) and pass to it which message that needs to be added and this way
>you also have a single program that contains all of your own utility
>messages?

James, I don't think there's any rule that says new prefixes can't be
added to a system message file.  Also, QCPFMSG is shipped with *USE
public authority.

If you're going to have your own messages anyway, why not have your
own message file?

Barbara Morris


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