Command: messagefile

Syntax

messagefile <assign> {,<assign> ...}

Description

Create one or more messagefile identifiers and (optionally) give them file name values.

Parameters

• <assign>: <ident> { = <value>}

• <ident> - The name of the identifier.

• <value> - A string expression yielding a file name.

Switches

None

Notes

If no value if given, the identifier is initialized to an empty string and no file is associated with it. If a valid message file is given, the file is opened and becomes available for message extraction. Message files are created by the external utility genmess.

Multi-language message files have the notion of a "current language" to enable languages to be switched during a session.

Examples

Create a new messagefile identifier.

messagefile mymesf = '$MYLIB/messages.mes'

Print a message from the file, message 7 from set 4

tell mymesf.text(4,7)

Print a message from the file using format control. The message 4 in set 2 might contain the text: "Maximum value is %d for this operation"

numeric n = 999
tell mymesf.text(2,4,n)

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