Running a Message Report

The Message Report utility (msgrpt) creates a report of all messages for a translation.

For more information, see the section Message Report.

To run a message report

  1. Access the Message Report utility.
    1. In a Lawson Interface Desktop (LID) session, use Form Transfer (F8).
    2. In the Form ID field on the Form Transfer form, type msgrpt and click the OK button or press Enter.
  2. In the Report on a Language's Messages and Translations form or as part of the command syntax, type or select the following:
    Program Option Description
    n Print messages without translations.
    t Print messages with translations.
    p Print messages for a product line.
    Field Description
    Product Line Product line to run the message report for. You must type p in the first field (or use the -p option) and the product line name in the second field.
    Base Language Source language. The default is US_ENGLISH.
    Translated Language Translated language; for example, Spanish.
    I/O Options Display the output or redirect it to a file. The default is 2>&1 | lashow, which sends the output to lashow. Type > filename to send output to a file.
  3. Press Enter.

    The program runs and displays a message when it completes.

Example: Message Report

The following example shows the output from a report run for U.S. English (source language) and Spanish (translation). The U.S. English message "Account Rate" has no translation.

Message Translation Report                 Page 11
U.S. English -  Account Group:                                       
Spanish    -  Grupo Cuentas:                                         
U.S. English -  Account Group:                                       
Spanish    -  Grupo Cuentas:                                         
U.S. English -  Account Range:                                       
Spanish    -  Rango Cuentas:                                         
U.S. English -  Account Rate                                         
U.S. English -  Accounting Units:                                    
Spanish    -  Unidades Contables:                                    
U.S. English - * Error - Line \ - Accounting Unit Or Account Is 
Invalid    
Spanish    - * Error - Linea \ - Unidad Contable o Cuenta Invalida