Re: iSphere - Message file tools

[Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi John

An interesting reply - especially how you emphasize not adding to 
message files. So I'm curious - In saying that, do you refer to system 
message files only? Do you create your own message files?

I suppose a case could be made that we don't have many compelling 
reasons to create our own message files. Maybe it would be done for 
service programs we write that deal with some particular functionality. 
This is more like an application we purchase or like a licensed product 
from IBM.

Another place is if we use the internationalization scheme where text 
for display files comes from message files - something IBM itself does 
all over the place.

I do suggest that a message ID is called for if we have something that 
should be monitored for in a calling process - CPF9898 and CPF9897 are 
often overused, even in commercial software. IMHO!

Cheers
Vern

On 11/10/2016 6:50 AM, JRusling@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> I have only ever used the dspmsgd command, then emailed the spool file to
> myself, then searched with my favorite text editor.
>
> DSPMSGD RANGE(*FIRST *LAST) MSGF(msgflib/msgfname) DETAIL(*BASIC)
> FMTTXT(*YES) OUTPUT(*PRINT)
>
> Works fine for that as i do NOT add entries to message files.
>
> John