Message set version and keywords

When you are developing a message set, you can define the version of the message set and any other key information that must be associated with it.

After the message set has been deployed, the Configuration Manager can be used to display the properties of the message set. These include the deployment and modification dates and times (the default information that is displayed) and any additional version or keyword information that you have set.

You can define information to give details of the message set that has been deployed; therefore, you can check that it is the message set that you expect.

Version

You can set the version of the message set in the Version property.

You can also define a default message set version in the Default version tag of the message set preferences. All new message sets that are created after this has been set have this default applied to the Version property at the message set level.

Keywords

Keywords must be defined in the Documentation property of the message set. These follow certain rules to ensure that the information can be parsed. The following is an example of what you can define in the Documentation property:

$MQSI Author=John Smith MQSI$

The following table contains the information that the Configuration Manager shows:

Message set name  
Deployment Time 28-Aug-2004 15:04
Modification Time 28-Aug-2004 14:27
Version v1.0
Author John Smith

In this display, the version information has been defined using the Version property of the object. If the version information has not been defined using the Version property, it is omitted from this display.

Restrictions within keywords

Do not use the following characters within keywords because they cause unpredictable behavior:
^$.|\<>?+*=&[]
You can use these characters in the values that are associated with keywords; for example:
  • $MQSI RCSVER=$id$ MQSI$ is acceptable
  • $MQSI $name=Fred MQSI$ is not acceptable
Related concepts
The message model
Message set projects
Message sets overview
Message definition files
Message categories
Physical formats in the MRM domain
Version and keyword information for deployable objects
Message flow version and keywords
Related tasks
Developing message models
Deleting a message set project
Adding a Custom Wire Format (CWF)
Adding an XML wire format
Adding a TDS physical format
Removing a physical format
Related reference
Message set editor
Message set properties
Guidance for defining keywords
Message set preferences
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