The TEXT parameter on the WTO macro enables you to alter repeatedly
the same message or numerous messages. You can alter the message or
messages in one of two ways:
- If you issued 3 different messages, all with identical parameters
other than TEXT, you created a list form of the macro, moved the text
into the list form, then execute the macro. Using the TEXT parameter
you can use the standard form of the macro, and specify the address
of the message text. By reducing the number of list and execute forms
of the WTO macro in your code, you reduce the storage requirements
for your program.
- If you need to modify a parameter in message text, using the TEXT
parameter enables you to modify the parameter in the storage that
you define in your program to contain the message text, rather than
modify the WTO parameter list.
Using the TEXT parameter on WTO can reduce your program's storage
requirements because of fewer lines of code or fewer list forms of
the WTO macro.