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MESSAGE - text
Syntax
... text TYPE mtype ... .
Effect
This variant sends a character string in text as a message of the message type specified in mtype. text is a character-like expression position whose value is used as the short text of the message. Only the first 300 characters are used. No long text can be defined for a message of this type.
mtype expects a character-like data object containing the message type in uppercase letters. Invalid message types raise a non-handleable exception.
Notes
Example
Produces an exception text as an information message.
DATA oref TYPE REF TO cx_sy_arithmetic_error.
TRY.
...
CATCH cx_sy_arithmetic_error INTO oref.
MESSAGE oref->get_text( ) TYPE 'I'.
ENDTRY.