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Contents of a Message Table

A message table contains the following information:

• A TABLE statement that identifies the product using the messages, the language the messages are in, and the default language. Here is an example of a TABLE statement:

  TABLE BUNDLTAB LANGUAGE=ENGLISH DEFAULT
  

  The second value on the statement is the table's name (in this case, BUNDLTAB). Client applications use this name to reference messages.

• MSG statements that contain message prefixes, message text, and routing instructions. Here is an example of a MSG statement:

  MSG 'LDM0016E Unrecognized keyword @1|',RESP
  

  Symbolic variables start with the character @. Standard WTO attributes (descriptor codes, MCS flags, and so on) may also be part of a message.

• Comments that explain how to modify TABLE and MSG statements.