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Comparing Messages

Messages provide information about the status of the AE system and its activities. They are written to log files, reports or the Message Window of the UserInterface for example. Because there can be new, changed or deleted messages from one Automation Engine version to the next, it is important that you understand these adaptations.

The message-comparing program lists all changes in detail. It compares the message libraries (UC.MSL) of both Automation Engine versions and prints the result, sorted by language, in HTML files.

The program UCCMPMSL.EXE is stored in the directory IMAGE:TOOLS\UCCMPMSL. Copy the whole folder to the AE installationation directory.

Call the program via the command line with the following parameters:

There will be 5 files in your destination directory, including RESULT_ENGLISH.HTML, RESULT_GERMAN.HTML and RESULT_FRENCH.HTML, which provide an overview of the message changes. Each of these three files contains a list that can be sorted by changed, deleted and new messages. Additionally, a style sheet for templates (UC4STD.CSS) and the log file COMPARE_ZUHELP_LOGG.TXT are copied to this destination directory.

Example

UCCMPMSL.EXE -oC:\AUTOMIC\uc.msl -nC:\AUTOMIC\uccmpmsl\uc.msl -pC:\AUTOMIC\uccmpmsl\