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Parts of the Message

The parts of a CA XCOM Data Transport message are as follows:

XCOM (positions 1 to 4; alphabetic)

Displays the first four characters of a CA XCOM Data Transport message.

system identifier (position 5; alphabetic)

Specifies the CA XCOM Data Transport system that generated the message. Valid values include the following:

• C—Microsoft PC-DOS and MS‑DOS, and IBM OS/2
• D—Digital Equipment Corp. VAX/VMS, OpenVMS Alpha, and OpenVMS VAX
• E—IBM VSE
• G—Data General AOS/VS
• K—IBM CICS
• M—IBM z/OS
• N—Windows NT
• R—Netware
• S—IBM AS/400
• T—Tandem
• U—UNIX
• V—IBM VM
• W—Windows
• 8—Stratus Computer and IBM System/88

message number (positions 6 to 9; numeric)

Specifies the message number.

message type (position 10; alphabetic)

Indicates the message type, as follows:

• I—An informational message. No action is required on the part of the user.
• E—An error message. Usually some action is necessary to correct the problem or to determine the cause.

message text (position 11; alphanumeric)

Displays the message text.