You can select message sets to be changed from the Main panel of the message editing utility. An example of the Main panel is shown in Figure 51.
The Main panel provides for:
Message Editing Utility - Main panel Row 1 to 47 of 77 Current language: Brazilian Portuguese MEU index: LARMOUR.PQ17125.CICS640.CREATED.AAA Type one or more action codes. Then press Enter. C Copy E Edit L Link-edit Sort sequence: English name Last change Action English name New name Status Date Time Userid Size _ DFHMEACE DFHMEACB Link-edit 1998/07/28 17:23 userid 1205 _ DFHMEAIE . . . . 1827 _ DFHMEAKE . . . . 1216 _ DFHMEAME . . . . . _ DFHMEAPE DFHMEAPA Edited 1998/07/28 17:54 userid 205 _ DFHMEBPE . . . . . _ DFHMECCE . . . . . _ DFHMECEE . . . . . _ DFHMECPE . . . . . _ DFHMECRE . . . . . _ DFHMEDBE . . . . . _ DFHMEDDE . . . . . _ DFHMEDEE . . . . . COMMAND ===> ________________________________________________ SCROLL === PAGE_ F1=Help F2=Split F3=End F5=Generate F6=Sort F7=Backward F8=Forward F9=Swap F10=ApplyPTF F11=Defaults F12=Cancel
All the current English message source members are displayed on the Main panel. Use Forward (F8) and Backward (F7) to scroll up and down the list.
The status shown for a member is always the last action performed on that member. For example, if the action performed was Copy and a previously copied version of the source exists, the status changes to one of the following:
The Set defaults panel can be accessed by Defaults (F11). (See Figure 48.)
The PTF update panel can be accessed by ApplyPTF (F10). (See Figure 54.)
The other actions that you can perform from this panel are described in the following topics:
To create your own language source member for an English message source member, type C against the member name, then press ENTER. This copies the English source member to your language source data set as a member with the suffix of the current language (as specified on the Set defaults panel). For example, with the current language as S (Spanish) and the target data sets index as target.index, the member DFHMEACE is copied from the target.index.SDFHMSRC data set to the member DFHMEACS in the target.index.SDFHSRCS data set. If the target member exists and the replace option on the Set defaults panel has been selected, the member in the target data set is replaced and the status changes to Replaced.
To edit messages in a source member, type E against the member name, then press ENTER. This displays the Message number selection panel, which lists the messages in the source member and enables you to select messages to be changed. If the selected source member has not previously been copied, requesting the edit action copies the source member before editing it.
When editing RP messages, these messages are split between four message sets as follows:
When editing FC messages, these messages are split between four message sets as follows:
When editing ZC messages, these messages are split between four message sets as follows:
When you select a message set to be edited, the utility scans the file for the message numbers that it contains, and displays the Message number selection panel for those messages. The message numbers displayed are all the translatable messages from that message set. Any messages that cannot be translated are identified as such by a note added to the message in the CICS Messages and Codes. An example of the Message number selection panel is shown in Figure 52.
Message Editing Utility - Message number selection ROW 1 TO 11 OF 11 Message module: DFHMEACA Use / to select one or more messages and press ENTER. _ 2001 _ 2002 _ 2003 _ 2004 _ 2005 _ 2006 _ 2007 _ 2008 _ 2009 _ 2010 _ 2012 _ 2014 _ 2015 _ 2016 _ 2017 _ 2018 _ 2019 _ 2020 _ 2021 _ 2022 _ 2023 _ 2024 _ 2025 _ 2026 _ 2027 _ 2028 _ 2029 _ 2030 _ 2033 _ 2034 / 2035 _ 2036 _ 2037 _ 2038 _ 2039 _ 2040 _ 2041 _ 2042 _ 2043 _ 2044 _ 2047 _ 2050 _ 2051 _ 2052 _ 2053 _ 2054 _ 2055 _ 2056 _ 2057 _ 2206 _ 2207 _ 2208 _ 2230 _ 2236 _ 2237 _ 2238 _ 2259 _ 2260 _ 2261 _ 2262 _ 2263 _ 2603 _ 2605 _ 2606 _ _ ******************************* BOTTOM OF DATA ******************************* COMMAND ===> ________________________________________________ SCROLL == PAGE_ F1=Help F2=Split F3=End F7=Backward F8=Forward F9=Swap F12=Cancel
To select one or more messages to be edited, type a / character in the field to the left of the message number, then press ENTER. When you press ENTER the Edit message panel (see Figure 53) is displayed for the messages selected.
You can use the Edit message panel to change the text and reply inserts, and the order of inserts, of selected messages. An example of the Edit message panel is shown in Figure 53.
Message Editing Utility - Edit message Message number: AC2035 ****** ***************************** TOP OF DATA ***************************** 419000 text " An invalid error code has been passed " 420000 text "to DFHACP. " 421000 text " Transaction " 422000 special_insert tranid 423000 text " is terminated. " 424000 text " Terminal " 425000 special_insert termid 426000 text "." ****** **************************** BOTTOM OF DATA *************************** COMMAND ===> ________________________________________________ SCROLL ===> PAGE_ F1=Help F2=Split F3=End F4=Refresh F5=Rfind F6=Rchange F7=Backward F8=Forward F9=Swap F10=Left F11=Right F12=Cancel
For information and rules about editing CICS® messages, see Rules for editing and translating messages.
Before you link-edit a source message member, ensure that it is not being used, because this prevents the link-edit job from running.
To link-edit a message source member, type L against the member name, then press ENTER. This submits a job to JES to convert the message source member into assembler language.
When you have edited and link-edited all the messages source members that you require, the next step is to create a load module to use with your CICS regions. To do this, use Generate (F5) on the Main panel. This assembles the link-edited version of all your message members with the English version of any you have chosen not to translate. Successful completion of this step results in DFHMET1x and DFHMET5x load modules being placed in the data set specified in the DFHMEUL load library field on the Set defaults panel. These modules can be used with your CICS job by placing them in the relevant APF-authorized library and specifying the associated language code on the NATLANG system initialization parameter.
To sort the lists of message sets displayed on the Main panel use the sort function key (F6). You can sort the message set member list by:
Each time you press the sort function key the next sort order in the above list is selected.