User Messages File

The User Messages File allows you to assign your own messages for each component against existing or newly created diagnostic numbers. Optionally, you can set an associated HTML help file and references for a message - refer to Creating User Messages.

Helix QAC will copy the selected HTML help file to the same folder as the User Messages File.

The User Messages File is generated automatically when you create new messages via

Helix QAC·GUI (refer again to Creating User Messages). This is stored as a human-readable XML text file that can be edited manually as well as stored in a repository.

It is advisable to restart Helix QAC after making manual changes to the User Messages XML File.

The User Messages File is applied to Helix QAC and not to individual projects.

It is also possible to set the User Messages File via the command line interface refer to Administration of User Messages File File for the appropriate command.

For details on the XML file for manual construction, we recommend that you create a simple User Messages File via Helix QAC·GUI to observe the XML structure, and then replicate the XML structure according to your needs.