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Version: 8.0

MESSAGE_LANGUAGE - UELD configuration option

Description​

The MESSAGE_LANGUAGE option specifies the Universal Message Catalog (UMC) file that will be used to write messages.

Each UMC file contains messages for a specific language.

Usage​

Method

Syntax

IBM i

HP NonStop

UNIX

Windows

z/OS

Command Line, Short Form

-L language

Command Line, Long Form

-lang language

Configuration File Keyword

language language

Values​

language is the UMC file that will be used to write messages.

The first three characters of the language name are used as a three-character suffix in the UMC file base name (for example, uelmceng.umc). All UMC files have a .umc extension.

Default is uelmceng.umc.