Preface

Contents of Your MessageQ Kit

Conventions Used in this Guide

Typestyle	Convention
boldface type	Boldface type is used to distinguish routine call arguments and command parameters when they are discussed in text. New terms, also shown in boldface type, are defined in the glossary in the Introduction to Message Queuing.
system output	This typeface indicates system output or the exact name of a command, option, partition, pathname, directory, or file.
italic type	Italic type emphasizes important information, indicates variables, and indicates complete titles of books.
UPPERCASE	Words in uppercase indicate a command, the name of a file, the name of a file protection code, or an abbreviation for a system privilege.
lowercase	In format descriptions, words in lowercase indicate parameters or arguments to be specified by the user.
n	A lowercase italic n indicates the generic use of a number. For example, 19nn indicates a four-digit number in which the last two digits are unknown.
[ ]	In format descriptions, brackets indicate optional elements. However, brackets are not optional in the syntax of an OpenVMS directory name or file specification.
. . .	The vertical ellipsis indicates the omission of information from an example or command format.
$	Indicates the default DCL prompt
#	Indicates the default superuser prompt
Return	Press the key labeled Return on the keyboard.
Enter	Type the information that follows and press the Return key.