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2.5 Index Facility Messages

BADATTR, illegal tag argument attribute list syntax in tag string.

Error: A tag argument attribute list in the INX file contains illegal syntax or the INX file is corrupted.
User Action: Try reprocessing to get a new INX file. If the problem persists, contact Digital.
BADENTRYINCLUDE, warning: master, NOMASTER and BOTH on same entry for entry string using BOTH.

Warning: The indexer has encountered an entry that contains MASTER, NOMASTER and BOTH entry inclusion attributes. It will convert this entry to be a BOTH entry.
User Action: Edit the SDML file and remove the NOMASTER attribute from the entry.
BADINXCHAR, Warning: illegal char/s after string, attempting to continue.

Warning: The indexer has encountered one or more characters in between tags and tag arguments. The INX file may be corrupted. The indexer will ignore these characters and attempt to continue processing.
User Action: Try reprocessing to get a new INX file. If the problem persists, contact Digital.
BADTAG, unrecognized tag string

Error: The indexer has encountered an unrecognized tag in reading the INX file. The INX file may be corrupted.
User Action: Try reprocessing to get a new INX file. If the problem persists, contact Digital.
BEGINENDENTRY, warning: begin and end on same entry for entry string converting to a single page-number entry.

Warning: The indexer has encountered an entry that contains both a begin and end page-range attribute. It will convert this entry to be a single page entry.
User Action: Edit the SDML file and separate the begin-end page-range entries.
BEGINONLY, begin page-range without end page-range for entry string, treating as single entry.

Warning: The indexer has encountered a begin page-range without a corresponding end page-range. It will treat the begin page-range as a single page number reference.
User Action: Edit the SDML file and add an end page-range.
CANTFREE, internal error in freeing virtual memory

Warning: The indexer encountered an internal error in attempting to free some virtual memory.
User Action: Contact Digital.
CREATED, filespec created

Success: The indicated output file has been created.
User Action: None.
ENDONLY, end page-range without begin page-range for entry string, treating as single entry.

Warning: The indexer has encountered an end page-range without a corresponding begin page-range. It will treat the end page-range as a single page number reference.
User Action: Edit the SDML file and add a begin page-range.
FILEI, error in reading file filespec

Error: The indexer encountered an error while reading the specified file. This message is usually accompanied by a VAX RMS message indicating the reason for the failure.
User Action: Take corrective action based on the associated message.
FILEO, error in writing file filespec

Error: The indexer encountered an error while writing to the specified file. This message is usually accompanied by a VAX RMS message indicating the reason for the failure.
User Action: Take corrective action based on the associated message.
FOLIOTOOLONG, warning: folio string too long, ignoring. inx tag is string

Warning: The indexer has attempted to generate a folio string that exceeds the length of its internal folio buffer. It will ignore the INX tag that caused this.
User Action: Contact Digital.
IDENT, string

Informational: Indicates the version of the INDEX utility. This message is produced by specifying the /IDENTIFICATION qualifier.
User Action: None.
IGNOREDUPREF, ignoring duplicate reference in tag string

Warning: The indexer has encountered a duplicate entry tag on the same page and will ignore it.
User Action: Edit the SDML file and remove the duplicate entry.
IGNOREINPGRNG, page number references encountered in between page-range begin and end for entry string, ignoring.

Warning: The indexer has encountered one or more single page number references in between a begin-end page-range sequence. It will ignore these in between references.
User Action: Edit the SDML file and remove references in between the begin-end sequence.
IGNOREINX_LISTLINE, ignoring INX_LIST file line.

Warning: The above INX_LIST file line will be ignored.
User Action: Edit the INX_LIST file and correct the erroneous line.
INX_LIST, error on line string/filespec of filespec

Warning: An error was detected in the specified line of the named INX_LIST file.
User Action: Edit the INX_LIST file and correct the erroneous line.
IN_CLOSE, Error in closing input file filespec

Warning:
User Action:
LANGTRUNC, Warning: tag argument too long.<\ >argument truncated to string.

Warning: The indexer has encountered a <LANGUAGE> tag argument that is too long, and is truncating it to the specified string.
User Action: Edit the SDML file and shorten the <LANGUAGE> tag argument.
LANG_IGNORED, The <LANGUAGE> tag is not at the beginning of the file and will be ignored.

Warning: The <LANGUAGE> tag was encountered in the INX file after the first index entry and will be ignored.
User Action: Reposition the <LANGUAGE> tag to the start of the INX file.
LANG_NAME, unsupported language name in tag string/string, ignoring, using string

Warning: The language specified is not supported.
User Action: Modify the <LANGUAGE> tag in the INX file to specify Danish English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, or some other supported language. NCS must have support for the specified language.
MASTERBOTH, warning: master and BOTH on same entry for entry string using BOTH.

Warning: The indexer has encountered an entry that contains both a MASTER and BOTH entry inclusion attribute. It will convert this entry to be a BOTH entry.
User Action: Edit the SDML file and remove the NOMASTER attribute from the entry.
MASTERNOMASTER, warning: master and NOMASTER on same entry for entry string using master.

Warning: The indexer has encountered an entry that contains both a MASTER and NOMASTER entry inclusion attribute. It will convert this entry to be a MASTER entry.
User Action: Edit the SDML file and remove the NOMASTER attribute from the entry.
NCSCONVERT, error in NCS conversion function.

Error: An internal NCS error has occurred in the indexer.
User Action: Contact Digital.
NCSGETCF, error in getting NCS conversion function id.

Error: An internal NCS error has occurred in the indexer.
User Action: Contact Digital.
NOCLOSEQUOTE, no closing quote.

Warning: The above INX_LIST file line is missing a closing quote.
User Action: Edit the INX_LIST file and correct the erroneous line.
NOFNAMES, no filenames were found in filespec

Error: The above INX_LIST file contains no filenames.
User Action: Edit the INX_LIST file and insert one or more filenames.
NOITEMLIST, index command line information not found on item list

Error: The indexer could not find the command line information on its internal item list.
User Action: Contact Digital.
NOMASTERBOTH, warning: NOMASTER and BOTH on same entry for entry string using BOTH.

Warning: The indexer has encountered an entry that contains both a NOMASTER and BOTH entry inclusion attribute. It will convert this entry to be a BOTH entry.
User Action: Edit the SDML file and remove the NOMASTER attribute from the entry.
NOPAGENUMARG, no argument for page number tag, ignoring.

Warning: A page number tag is missing its argument.
User Action: Try reprocessing to get a new INX file. If the problem persists, contact Digital.
NOTAGARG, tag argument expected after tag string, but not found.

Error: A tag in the INX file is missing its argument.
User Action: Try reprocessing to get a new INX file. If the problem persists, contact Digital.
NULFILENAME, no file name found.

Warning: Each non-comment non-empty line in the INX_LIST file must contain a file name.
User Action: Edit the INX_LIST file and correct the erroneous line.
OPENIN, could not open filespec for input

Error: The input file does not exist, or you do not have access to the file.
User Action: Check the file specification for errors and check to be sure that the file is not read protected.
OPENOUT, could not open filespec for output

Error: The output file cannot be opened. This message is usually accompanied by a VAX RMS message indicating the reason for the failure.
User Action: Take corrective action based on the associated message.
OUT_CLOSE, Error in closing output file filespec

Warning: None.
User Action: None.
READING, reading file filespec

Informational: The indicated file is being read.
User Action: None.
SAMEPGBEGEND, warning: a begin-end page-range on same page for entry string converting to a single page-number entry.

Warning: The indexer has encountered a begin page-range entry and an end page-range entry that fall on the same page. It will convert the begin page-range entry to a single page entry and ignore the end page-range entry.
User Action: Edit the SDML file and remove the offending end page-range entry.
TAGARGTOOLONG, indexer tag argument internal buffer limit exceeded for tag string.

Warning: This is an indexer internal error. The buffer limit is exceeded for reading a tag argument.
User Action: Edit the SDML file and shorten the lengthy tag argument.
TAGSTRTOOLONG, indexer tag string internal buffer limit exceeded for tag string.

Error: This is an indexer internal error. The buffer limit is exceeded for reading a tag. The INX file may be corrupted.
User Action: Try reprocessing to get a new INX file. If the problem persists, contact Digital.
TOODEEP, maximum subindex depth exceeded

Warning: An index entry containing ten or more levels of subindexing was detected. The subindexing was ignored.
User Action: Generate index entries with fewer levels of subindexing.
TOOMANYFNAMES, too many filenames were found in filespec One or more will be lost.

Error: The above INX_LIST file contains too many filenames for master index generation. The maximum number of INX filenames is 500.
User Action: Edit the INX_LIST file and reduce the number of filenames to 500 or fewer, or split the file and run two separate jobs.
UNKNOWNEQSTR, unknown string precedes "=" in tag argument attribute list in tagstring, attempting to continue.

Warning: The tag argument attribute list in the INX file contains an unknown option string preceding the "=". Execution will attempt to continue.
User Action: Try reprocessing to get a new INX file. If the problem persists, contact Digital.
UNKNOWNKWD, unknown keyword in tag arg attribute list in tag string,<\ >attempting to continue.

Warning: The tag argument attribute list in the INX file contains an unknown keyword. Execution will attempt to continue.
User Action: Try reprocessing to get a new INX file. If the problem persists, contact Digital.
USEFILEBOOKNAME, using file name string to form book name.

Warning: The above INX_LIST file line will use the file name as the book name.
User Action: Edit the INX_LIST file and correct the erroneous line.
VMOVRFLOW, insufficient virtual memory

Error: The indexer does not have sufficient virtual memory to generate the index.
User Action: Either reduce the size of the index or increase the page file quota parameter (PGFLQUO) and reprocess your file.
WRITING, writing file filespec

Informational: The indicated file is being written to.
User Action: None.


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