The messages generated by MAREN are displayed via the BS2000 message interface.
The MAREN messages consist of:
- a message code (7-character);
- a message text;
- an attribute line;
- additional explanatory texts (“Meaning” and “Response”).
The message keys generated by MAREN have a uniform format: MARnnnn
Meaning:
| MAR | Prefix (message class, 3 characters) for all MAREN messages |
nnnn | Sequential message number (4 characters) |
Guaranteed messages have the message attribute “Warranty: YES”. Further details on message attributes and message output in general is contained in the manual “Introduction to System Administration” [4].
The “Message” and “Response” texts for a particular message can be requested using command /HELP-MSG-INFORMATION together with the message key. At program level this can be done using the standard statement of the same name.
All the messages or a subset of the messages in the MAREN message file can be listed using the MSGMAKER utility routine. MSGMAKER is described in the manual “Utility Routines” [5].