Chapter 6 Message Edit Window
Message Edit Window - Raw Data Tab
This section will describe how to edit a message in the openned queue.
If you have previously opened SYSTEM.DEFAULT.LOCAL.QUEUE, the main panel may look something like:
From the main panel of MQ Visual Edit, select Edit, then Edit Message.
You can now edit, updated or delete sections of the message text. Clicking the Save button will delete the old copy of the message and insert the new updated message into the queue.
The following are the dropdown menus that currently exist for the Message Edit Window.
Under File:
- Load from File - Allows the user to load (import) the contains of a text file into the current message text.
- Save to File - Allows the user to save the message content to a plain text file.
- Save to Queue - Allows the user to save the message back to the queue (use this function after a change or update to the message content or the message's MQMD header.)
Under Edit:
- Cut - Allows user to cut part or all of the message content to the system's clipboard.
- Copy - Allows user to copy part or all of the message content to the system's clipboard.
- Paste - Allows user to paste from the system's clipboard into the message content.
- Find - Provides the user with the ability to search the message content for a specific string.
Under View:
- Wrap Text - Allows the user to toggle the message content's display between wrapped and unwrapped text.
- Select All - Allows the user to quickly select all of the message's content.
- Unselect All - Turns the selection off (if on) and sets the cursor to column 1 of row 1.
Under Help:
- Help - Allows the user to display the help files.
In the message content window of the Raw Data tab, if the user performs a right-mouse click then a popup window will be displayed. The user will be able to do the following:
- Cut - Allows user to cut part or all of the message content to the system's clipboard.
- Copy - Allows user to copy part or all of the message content to the system's clipboard.
- Paste - Allows user to paste from the system's clipboard into the message content.
- Find - Provides the user with the ability to search the message content for a specific string.
- Load from File - Allows the user to load (import) the contains of a text file into the current message text.
- Save to File - Allows the user to save the message content to a plain text file.
- Save to Queue - Allows the user to save the message back to the queue (use this function after a change or update to the message content or the message's MQMD header.)
- Close - Close the Message Edit window.
The main panel is updated with the new message from the editing session
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