Generator Messages

Generator Messages

Generator messages have three parts:

• A three-character component code, CGB
• A four-digit sequence number, beginning with 0001
• 1-character severity code, I, W, E, or S
  • I—Informational messages display supporting documentation and statistics, and are not errors.
  • W—Warnings indicate that the system took corrective action. Determine if it was the appropriate action.
  • E—Error messages occur when the CA Gen cannot generate the screen. The file exists when a previous generation produced a screen file.
  • S—Severe error messages occur when generation cannot continue.

CA Gen writes all generator messages to an error log file, and also displays error messages resulting from unrecoverable errors.

Users can browse the error log file after generation to view warning messages.

When a workstation toolset invokes the generator, the log file has the same name as the member name of the screen generated, with an ERR extension.

On a z/OS system, the file is named <&userid..IEF.LOGFILE>. The TSO user ID replaces the file name prefix. Since there is only one logfile on a z/OS system, it is important to only perform generation on the failing screen and no other component. Each generation replaces the contents of this log file.