CONTENTS

  Title Page

  Copyright Page

  Preface

  1      Introduction

  1.1     VAXELN Software Components That Display Messages

  1.2     Message Format
    1.2.1      Facility Abbreviations
    1.2.2      Severity Levels
    1.2.3      Idents
    1.2.4      Message Symbols

  1.3     Exceptions to the Standard Message Format
    1.3.1      System Bugcheck Messages
    1.3.2      Messages Without Facility Names and Idents

  1.4     Controlling the Development System Message Display

  1.5     Retrieving Runtime Messages and Message Components
    1.5.1      Exception Codes
    1.5.2      Runtime Messages

  1.6     Submitting Software Performance Reports (SPRs)

  2      Messages

  TABLES

  1-1        VAXELN Facility Abbreviations

  1-2        Severity Level Codes