MSGF

Qualified name of message files whose message descriptions are to be retrieved

• QUSRMSG: (default) Message file name

SRCFILE

Qualified name of source file into which the CL source member is to be placed

• QCLSRC: (default) Source file name

MBR

Member name of CL member containing message descriptions

• *MSGF:(default) Name is same as MSGF

RANGE

Specifies a range of message identifiers within the specified message file for which statements are to be processed

• *ALL: (default) Generate CL for all the messages

Otherwise, RANGE is a list parameter made up of the following two elements:

• Starting message identifier: All message definitions with an identifier greater than or equal to this value will be retrieved.

  – *FIRST: Start at the first message description in the file.

• Ending message identifier: All messages with an identifier less than or equal to this value are retrieved.

  – *LAST: Continue until the last message description in the file

GENOPT

Generation option: specifies whether the CL generation should be to add, change or remove the message descriptions

• *ADDMSGD: (default) Generate CL statements to add the message descriptions to the named message file
• *CHGMSGD: Generate CL statements to change the message descriptions in the named message file
• *RMVMSGD: Generate CL statements to remove the message descriptions from the named message file

SYNTAX

Specifies the syntax of the CL program generated

• *NATIVE: (default) Generate i OS Native CL.
• *S38: Generate S38 CL

RTVLVL

Specifies whether to retrieve and include Creating level information (applicable to ADDMSGD only)

• *YES: (default) Retrieve level
• *NO: Do not retrieve level