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Creating a message set

This task topic describes how to create a new message set using the New Message Set wizard.

The New Message Set wizard also creates a new message set project.

Note: You can also use a Quick Start wizard to create a message set, a message set project and other resource files that you need to create a new application.

The message set that is created by the New Message Set wizard has the following default property values:

Property Default value
Message Domain MRM
Wire Format XML Wire Format (XML1)
Name space support Enabled

To create a new message set:

  1. Switch to the Broker Application Development perspective.
  2. Open the New Message Set wizard. To do this, right-click anywhere in the Broker Development view then click New> Message Set on the pop-up menu.
  3. Type the Message set name for the message set that you are creating. The name that you type is also displayed in the Message set project name field.
  4. Optional: You can choose a different message set project name; to do this, type this name into the Message set project name field.
  5. Optional: You can specify a directory in which you want to store the project contents. If you do not specify a directory, the default workspace is used. To specify a directory, first clear the Use default check box and then either type into the Directory field the location of the directory, or click Browse to see a list of the folders that you can choose from for the location of the directory.
  6. Optional: If you want to create a new message set whose definition is based on existing message set, click Message Set in the Copy message set contents from another message set pane and choose from the list of message set definitions that exist; then click Finish. The new message set (and the message set project that contains it) is created immediately and the New Message Set wizard automatically closes.
  7. Optional: . If you want to create a message set whose definition is not based on an existing message set, click Next>. You are presented with the next pane which allows you to choose the type of message data that you want to process.
  8. Select one or more of the check boxes to describe the type of message data that you want to process and then click Finish. If you do not select a check box, XML Wire Format is selected by default. The New Message Set wizard closes.
After the New Message Set wizard finishes, the message set editor is opened.
You can now create some message definitions in the new message set. You can either create new message definitions from scratch, or create them based on existing artifacts such as WSDL, XSD, DTD, C, or COBOL files. Use the Message Definition File wizard and the Message Definition File From wizard to help you with this.
Related concepts
The message model
Message set projects
Message sets overview
Namespaces in the message model
Quick Start wizards overview
Related tasks
Working with a message set project
Deleting a message set project
Working with a message set
Deleting a message set
Generating information from message sets
Related reference
Message set editor
Message set properties
Custom Wire Format message set properties
XML Wire Format message set properties
TDS Format message set properties
TDS Mnemonics
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