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**#MESSAGE(** //message, line// **)**

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| **#MESSAGE** | Displays a source generation message. |
| //message// | A string constant, or a user-defined symbol, containing a message to display in the Source Generation dialog. |
| //line// | An integer constant or symbol containing the line number on which to display the //message//. If out of the range 1 through 3, the //message// is displayed in the title bar as the window caption. |

**#MESSAGE** displays a //message// in the Source Generation message dialog. The first #MESSAGE statement displays the message window. Subsequent #MESSAGE statements modify the display text.

**Example:**

**#MESSAGE****('Generating ' & %Application,0)   #!Display Title bar text**

**#MESSAGE****('Generating ' & %Procedure,2)     #!Display Progress message on line 2**