Example of displaying messages

The following table shows two ways a general application program (a program not using WTO to issue messages) can display messages.

Displaying a message without using MMS	Displaying a message using MMS
Build a buffer for an English message containing a message ID, fixed text, and substitution data. Display the English message (for example, by using TSO/E PUTLINE). The application supports only English.	Build a buffer for an English message. You must match the message format of the English message buffer to the format of the English message skeleton. Issue the TRANMSG macro using the English message buffer as input, and getting a translated message buffer as output. Present the translated message, ensuring that your output device supports the chosen language. By "presenting" a message, you might choose to write the message to a data set, or write it to a screen. OR Build an MPB. See Using message parameter blocks for new messages (BLDMPB and UPDTMPB macros) for information on creating and MPB. Issue the TRANMSG macro using an MPB as input. TRANMSG will format the substitution data contained in the MPB. The output is a Japanese message buffer (if language code is JPN). You should not use WTO to issue the translated message.

Displaying a message without using MMS

Displaying a message using MMS

Build a buffer for an English message containing a message ID, fixed text, and substitution data.
Display the English message (for example, by using TSO/E PUTLINE). The application supports only English.

Build a buffer for an English message. You must match the message format of the English message buffer to the format of the English message skeleton.
Issue the TRANMSG macro using the English message buffer as input, and getting a translated message buffer as output.
Present the translated message, ensuring that your output device supports the chosen language. By "presenting" a message, you might choose to write the message to a data set, or write it to a screen.

Build an MPB. See Using message parameter blocks for new messages (BLDMPB and UPDTMPB macros) for information on creating and MPB.
Issue the TRANMSG macro using an MPB as input. TRANMSG will format the substitution data contained in the MPB. The output is a Japanese message buffer (if language code is JPN). You should not use WTO to issue the translated message.