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Creating a Custom Message Table

Each message table member provides access to message text that may be reworded or translated into languages other than English. You may also change various routing attributes of messages. We recommend that you do not directly edit the default message table members. Instead, define MSG and MSGR statements in the MIMMSGX member to override the MSG and MSGR statements found in the default members.

By default, the MIMMSGX member is not called during initialization because the INCLUDE MIMMSGX statement is commented in the MIMMSGS member. Uncomment the INCLUDE MIMMSGX statement to call the MIMMSGX member during initialization. The MSG and MSGR statements found therein override the corresponding MSG and MSGR statements found in the default members.

Follow these guidelines when using the MIMMSGX member:

• You can modify only messages found in the default message table members.
• Follow the message ID naming convention for CA MIM messages. Message IDs are expected to be eight characters in length. Do not change this.
• All message facility syntactical rules are enforced.
• You can use any language for message text.