After you have modified the automatic error messages or
added explicit messages in the -GE Lines of
the Data Element calls in the Segment -CE Lines,
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 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:
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,
you must create a file with a
.properties extension
and copy-paste the lines above in it. 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:
- 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 from:
- The Design Explorer view.
- Right-click on an open location, the Data Structure entity level,
or a Data Structure and select . A
generation wizard opens up then, displaying all the available Data
Structures. If you have opened the wizard from:
- A repository or the Data Structure entity level, all the Data
Structures are selected by default.
- A Data Structure, only this Data Structure is selected by default.
You can select or clear the Data Structures with the All or None buttons
or by clicking the check box located on each Data Structure line.
Only the error messages assigned to the selected Data Structures will
be generated.
- Enter the parameters in the generation wizard which opens up and
click Finish.
- Or 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, by:
- Loading into an indexed file or a DB2 database,
- Updating this file.
In both cases, you are responsible for this integration process.