Message files contain the text of the error messages that error log entries use. The process of producing message files begins with creating an input file. The contents of the input file define the product the messages belong to, the message numbers, and text of the messages. The message text can include the substitution variables provided by FFSTProbe's MSGINSDATA parameter. After you complete the input file, use MKMSGF to compile the file. The output of the compiler is the message file.
A description of how you create an input file and use MKMSGF to create the message text file is in the Toolkit OS/2 Warp Version 4 Tools Reference.
See Message Input File Example for an example of a message input file.