"Tom Marchant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 12:24:03 -0600, McKown, John wrote: > <snip> > What about error messages to be issued when the program terminates > abnormally? IMO, when a program encounters an error condition that > prevents it from continuing, a good programmer will produce a nice descriptive > message. How do _you_ think that it should be written? > > -- > Tom Marchant
Sounds like a perfect place for a CALL to LE "message" services. They allow for formatting, language translations (for programs run in multiple countries) and will even work under CICS. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html

