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Message Screen—MSGS

Description

The Message screen lists informative messages about ASF processing. At times, you may be instructed to access the Message screen to review error conditions.

Access

You can access the Message screen in one of the following ways:

• Select the Message Screen function from the Table Definition screen ([PF6]), Data Selection screen ([PF2]), or Extended Selection Definition screen ([PF2]).
• Enter MSGS in the screen name field of any screen.

To leave the Message screen and return to the prior screen, press [Clear].

Sample Screen

                                                      CA
  MSGS   CA - Automatic System Facility           ** Message Screen **

                                         _ PF2 - Print Messages  Page:  1  of  1
DC562100  SYNTAX ERROR IN $00002
DC562009 COLUMN NAME NOT FOUND
DC562101 (E) - SYNTAX ERRORS WERE DISCOVERED BY IDMSREXP

Fields

[PF2] - Print Messages

Initiates printing of the displayed messages if a printer is associated with the CA IDMS/DC or CA IDMS UCF system. Press [PF2] to print the page of the screen currently displayed; you must press [PF2] for each page.

Page: __ of __

Displays the current screen page number and the total number of pages in the page set. You can move to a particular page by specifying its page number, page forward by pressing [PF8], and page backward by pressing [PF7].

The Messages Area

The remainder of the screen lists system messages. Since ASF uses other products and facilities in its processing, the messages listed may be from another product. For example, the Message screen lists messages from the subschema compiler and CA ADS, as well as messages from ASF itself.