Re: iSphere - Message file tools

Charles,

You nailed it. Indeed that is how "Include message ID" works. But I
changed it today, to match your needs, because I like the idea.
Sometimes I have an IBM i message ID but do not know the message file
for looking at the help text. That is when I could use a message lookup
option.

That is from the iSphere help. It exlains (hopefully) how "Include
message ID" works, now:

<quote>
Note: The "Include message id" option can be used to search for specific
message IDs. Searching for specific message IDs is very fast, because it
only checks the message file(s) for the specified message IDs. It does
not search for a given string.

The special "Search for specific message IDs" mode is automatically
selected, when you select "Include message id" and leave all other
options unchecked. In addition all search arguments must specify
"contains" and must have a length of 7 characters.
</quote>

Let me know, if the help text is unclear or bad English and I am going
to change it.

Regards,

Thomas.

Am 11.11.2016 um 14:44 schrieb Charles Wilt:

Although...

I'm not sure "include message ID" is quite what I want. As that implies
that the tool will still search the msg description and msg ID of every msg
in the entire file.

That's going to take some time as I'm dealing with huge message files
(almost 4GB)

What I'm really after is a "lookup by msg ID". Something that will return
as quickly as DSPMSGD does.

Thanks again!
Charles



On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 6:39 AM, Charles Wilt <charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Thanks Thomas!

Charles

On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 2:06 AM, Thomas Raddatz <thomas.raddatz@xxxxxx>
wrote:

Charles,

It is really not a big deal to add a "Include message ID" checkbox to the
"iSphere Message File Search" box. The problem is that I have to change the
library (service program XFNDSTR) for that "minor" enhancement that.

Eventually I decided to add that option but do not enforce updating the
library. The "minor" disadvantage is, that users see the new option, but it
does not have any effect, as long as they do not update the library.

The "Include message id" will be available with the next beta version.

Thomas.

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Von: WDSCI-L [mailto:wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Im Auftrag von
Charles Wilt
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 9. November 2016 23:06
An: Websphere Development Studio Client for iSeries
Betreff: [WDSCI-L] iSphere - Message file tools

I've got a message file filter defined RSE...

All I really want to do is to be able to look at a particular message by
message ID. Basically, I'm looking for a DSPMSGD with the message file
already filled in.

Expanding the *MSGF takes too long.

And the iSphere "message file search" looks at the message text, I can't
serach by ID.

Any thoughts?

Thanks!
Charles
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