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The messages define the rules for terminal communication. When a message is received it will be identified against this process message table. The first three characters in the received message text will be used as the identifier. Each message has its own syntax and behaviour. The communication receiver program connected to the message will be used to process the message. The process server job takes care of the program call.
In this panel you can add, change or delete a process message.
- Message id
- Enter the message ID
- Message text
- Enter the message text.
- The message text contains the message identifier in the first three positions. For messages only received, no further characters are needed.
- If the message is used for sending an answer to the terminal, the answer character string should follow the message identifier (separated with a comma).
- Description
- Enter a message description. This is an informative field for free usage like describing the purpose of the message.
- Message program
- Enter the name of the OS/400 program object used as the message receiver program, i.e., the program that the communication server job should call to process the received message.
- Direct answer
- Enter the message ID containing the answer that should always be sent back to the terminal when this message has been received.