Use this tab to view and maintain the message properties.
- General Information
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- Message
- The unique message name which identifies the message.
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Allowed values:
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This field is read-only.
You can only specify the message name when you create a new
message. The message is identified by the unique combination of the package
code and the message code. So, the entire message name you enter in the
Message field must
start with the code of the package for which the message is defined followed by
a code for the specific message.
After a message is created, you cannot change its code.
- Description in (primary language)
- The message expressed in the primary language. This is the
text that appears in the message box.
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Note: The name of this field includes the primary
language of the label. For example, if the primary language is English, the
name of the description field will read the following:
Description in
English. The primary language is determined by the Primary Language
property of the application for the current software development project.
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Allowed values:
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A multi-byte text with a maximum length of 132 characters.
The message can contain codes that are substituted when the
message is displayed. This table shows some examples:
| %1$s
|
Substitution of a string
|
| %1$d
|
Substitution of a digit
|
| %1$e
|
Substitution of an exponent
|
For details on substitution symbols, see the description of
the
sprintf$ function in the
Infor ES Programmers Guide (Infor
Customer Portal KB2924522).
- Message Type
- The message type indicates a categorization of the messages.
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Allowed values:
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To specify a value for this field, select one of the
following message types:
| Information
|
All
goes fine but there is something you may want to know.
|
| Warning
|
Something went wrong, but the process is still running.
|
| Critical
|
A
fatal error occurred and the process is aborted.
|
- Help Text
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If this check box is selected,
a help text is linked to this message.
- Translation
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- Target Software Language
- Select a language for input of translation. You can only
select a secondary language that is not already used for a translation.
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To add a new message translation to the
Translations
field, select a target software language. Click
Copy and
translate the message into the selected language.
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Note: Selecting a target software language enables
the
Copy button.
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Allowed values:
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To specify a value for this field, select a language from
the drop-down list. This list contains all the secondary languages of the
application that are not already used for a translation in the
Translations
field.
- Software Language
- The software language in which the message text is
translated.
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Allowed values:
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This field is read-only.
The language used for the translation is one of the
secondary software languages of the application. You can only specify this
software language when you create a new message translation, see
Target Software
Language.
- Description
- The translated message text.
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Allowed values:
-
A multi-byte text with a maximum length of 132 characters.
The message can contain codes that are substituted when the
message is displayed. This table shows some examples:
| %1$s
|
Substitution of a string
|
| %1$d
|
Substitution of a digit
|
| %1$e
|
Substitution of an exponent
|
For details on substitution symbols, see the description of
the
sprintf$ function in the
Infor ES Programmers Guide (Infor
Customer Portal KB2924522).