Overview

Where messages appear

This appendix documents the runtime messages issued by the three CA IDMS Dictionary Loader components. These runtime messages can indicate fatal or nonfatal conditions and appear in the console log or the printed output for the run:

Message type	Description
Program Processor Messages	Both nonfatal and fatal messages appear on the console log
Cross Reference Processor Message	Nonfatal messages appear at the beginning of the report output for the run; fatal messages appear on the console log
DDDL Generator Messages	Nonfatal messages appear at the beginning of the report output for the run; fatal messages appear on the console log

Nonfatal messages

The nonfatal messages issued by the CA IDMS Dictionary Loader components mainly identify errors in the control statement information. When one of the components detects a nonfatal error condition, the component issues the appropriate message and continues running.

Fatal messages

The fatal messages issued by the CA IDMS Dictionary Loader components flag two types of error conditions:

I/O errors (most commonly INPUT/OUTPUT FILE WILL NOT OPEN)
Internal errors from CA IDMS utility programs

Consequence of a fatal error

When one of the CA IDMS Dictionary Loader components detects a fatal condition, the component issues a write-to-operator message (which appears on the console log) and terminates the run.