Rational Programming Patterns

Generating the batch error messages

After you have modified the automatic error messages or added explicit messages, you must generate them so that they get recognized by the applications.

Before you begin

You must know whether a specific file must be used. The error messages that it contains will replace the standard messages displayed for any input errors automatically detected from the controls specified on the Segment -CE Lines tab.

A specific file is to be used only if the standard messages are not adapted to the applications of the current repository.

There are five standard messages for errors on Data Elements and three standard messages for errors on Segments:
Figure 1. List of the standard error messages
INVALID_ABSENCE_FOR_THE_FIELD = INVALID ABSENCE FOR THE FIELD
INVALID_PRESENCE_FOR_THE_FIELD = INVALID PRESENCE FOR THE FIELD
INVALID_VALUE_FOR_THE_FIELD = INVALID VALUE FOR THE FIELD
NON_NUMERICAL_CLASS_FIELD = NON-NUMERICAL CLASS FIELD
NON_ALPHABETICAL_CLASS_FIELD = NON-ALPHABETICAL CLASS FIELD
INVALID_CREATION_RECORD = INVALID CREATION RECORD
INVALID_DELETE_MODIFY_RECORD = INVALID DELETE/MODIFY RECORD
END_OF_LIST = END OF LIST
To specify a new specific file, create a file with a .properties extension. Copy and paste the lines of the standard error messages in this file. Then overwrite the error messages (second part of each line, after the '=' sign) as needed.

About this task

You must generate the batch error message file if you have performed one of the following actions:
  • Modified the automatic error messages by replacing them with your own messages or by supplementing them with documentation,
  • Added explicit error messages which correspond to errors described with specific code.
You can generate this batch error message file in two different ways:
  • Right-click a Data Structure in the Design Explorer view and select Generate > error messages generation. Enter the parameters in the generation wizard which opens up and click Finish.
  • Or enter a batch command line for the generation of error messages from a command prompt.

Results

The generation generates the error messages in the file (with a .txt extension) you have indicated in the wizard. You must then integrate this file into the error messages file used by the applications. To do so, load into an indexed file or a DB2 database, or update this file. In both cases, you are responsible for this integration process.

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