Message sets overview

A message set is a container for grouping messages and associated message resources (elements, types, groups).

A message set is a folder in a message set project that contains a messageSet.mset file. The name of the folder is the name of the message set. A message set project can contain just one message set.

A message set is created whenever you create a new message set project. If you already have an empty message set project, you can create a message set in it using the New Message Set wizard.

You can base your new message set on an existing message set. If you do so, all the definitions in the existing message set are copied into the new message set.

When you have created your message set, you must specify two key properties:
Runtime Parser
The message domain of the message set. This is used when parsing and writing all messages defined within that message set and effectively defines the message domain.
Use Namespaces
Indicates whether the message definitions you create within the message set are XML namespace aware.