Messages may be either displayed on the operator console or written to a local (DDMSG) file.
Two slightly different AFP message formats are used. The majority of messages have the following format:
AFP-nnnn-ss message-text [additional information]
In this format, nnn is the message number, ss is the severity code (in hexadecimal), message-text is the text of the message and [additional information] is where message content varies according to variable information placed into the message.
Some messages may have a slightly different format, as follows:
AFP-nnnn-ss xxxxx message-text [additional information]
The additional information provided in this format is the xxxxx, which is the Adabas System Coordinator daemon node (in the Adabas network).
The following table explains the general meaning of each severity level:
| Severity Code | Explanation |
|---|---|
| 00 | Software AG use |
| 04 | Information only |
| 08 | Echo and confirmation |
| 10 | Warnings |
| 14 | Operator communication failure |
| 18 | Important buffer shutdown messages |
| 20 | Buffer initialization failure reasons |
| 24 | ABEND notification and information |
| FF | 'Do not suppress' level |