Use free text message

Defines the content of the free text message.

Usage

Mandatory if Use predefined message is not selected.

Valid Values

X: (Selected) - Use free text message

Variable Name

%%MSG-USEFREETEXT

Free Message Text Requirements

Format

Logical name specific to the predefined message

Valid Values

Any alphanumeric and special characters

Variable Name

%%MSG–MSGTEXTPARMS-Pxxx-SUBMSG, where xxx is a 3-digit starting from “001” (through N if the message is longer than 212 characters and/or N multiple of 212 characters)

EXAMPLE:

%%MSG-MSGTEXTPARMS-P001-SUBMSG, %%MSG-MSGTEXTPARMS-P002-SUBMSG, etc…

NOTE: The period character (.) is not permitted. Certain special characters are internally represented by more than one character. For example, ampersand (&) is represented internally by three characters.

If the message contains system variables and the translated message is expected to be greater than 214 characters long, add the CTM_PRM_ALL parameter to the CONTROL-M/Server's config.dat file and set it to Y or Replace the system variables in the message with user defined variables that point to the system variables.

Parent Topic

Control-M for Messaging Parameters