M

M — the message generated by the execution of dfmessage, dferror, or dfwarning

Synopsis

Content model

M ::=
#PCDATA

Attributes

NameTypeDefaultDescription
frCDATANone

The id of the unique history element (HN) during which this item was recorded.

tEnumeration:
m=message
e=error
w=warning
s=system
None

The type of message logged. This type maps directly to one of the edit check functions, dfmessage, dferror, or dfwarning. System messages are generated by the DFbatch system itself, not by a user-defined edit check.

Description

Any messages generated by the functions dfmessage, dferror, or dfwarning during the execution of an edit check are recorded in a M element.

Messages can also be generated by the DFbatch system during the execution. As a result, a M element can occur at almost any point in the BATCHLOG output.

Processing Expectations

The history element that records which batch execution generated this message can be determined by match the values of the fr attribute and the fd attribute.

Parents

These elements contain M: BATCHLOG, V, R

Children

The following elements occur in M: None.

Examples

Example 6.65. A message generated by dfwarning

<M fr='1' t='w'>Section 5.c questions should be blank
subject is not diabetic.
</M>