LOCALDEF Messages
The messages issued by the LOCALDEF utility
have the following format.
filename.ext(line:col): ss EDCnnnn: text
- filename.ext
- The file name (with extension) where the
error occurred
- line
- The line where the error occurred
- col
- The column where the error occurred
- ss
- The error severity: warning, error, or
severe error
- nnnn
- Error message number
- text
- Message text, including substitution
variables
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You can specify the /W1 option to stop
LOCALDEF from issuing warnings. By default, LOCALDEF issues
warnings, and changes its return code accordingly. You can specify the /c option to create
the locale even if there are errors. By default, LOCALDEF stops
the locale build process if there is an error.
- EDC5400-EDC5403
- Cannot find the message file %s
Cannot find the message number %d
Cannot access the message file %s
The message file, %s, format is not valid
- Severity: Severe
Explanation: These messages are
issued if a warning or error is to be printed but
the message file cannot be found or accessed.
There are four messages that could be generated.
User Response: If one of these messages is
generated, ensure that:
- DPATH variable is set in
your CONFIG.SYS file
- Message files are in a
directory in the DPATH
- DPATH allows read access
to the directories specified
- File system is functioning
properly
- Message files are not
corrupted. Reinstall the message files if
any have been corrupted. Reboot the
system.
- EDC5404
- The symbolic name '%s' is not the correct
type
Severity: Severe
Explanation: This message is issued in the locale
definition file when using a symbolic name that is not
the expected type. The most common time this error occurs
is when the LC_CTYPE keywords are used as character
references in any locale definition file category. The
locale is not created.
User Response: Use a symbolic name instead of a
character reference.
- EDC5405
- Could not open file %s for read
Severity: Severe
Explanation: This message is issued if the open
for read fails for any file required by the LOCALDEF
Utility. The file name passed to fopen() is included in
the message. The locale is not created.
User Response: Verify the filename is correct and
the file exists.
- EDC5406
- Internal error
Severity: Severe
Explanation: An internal error has occurred in the
LOCALDEF Utility. The locale is not created. User
Response: Examine the locale definition and charmap
files for possible errors.
- EDC5407
- Syntax Error: expected %d arguments and
received %d arguments
Severity: Severe
Explanation: This message is issued in the locale
definition file when a keyword is expecting a fixed
number of arguments and not enough arguments are
supplied. The locale is not created. User Response: Add
the missing arguments to the keyword in the locale
definition file.
- EDC5408
- Illegal limit in range specification
Severity: Severe
Explanation: An error has occurred in a range in
the LC_CTYPE category of the locale definition file. The
locale is not created.
User Response: Examine the locale definition file
for possible errors.
- EDC5409
- Memory allocation failure
Severity: Severe
Explanation: The LOCALDEF utility is unable to
allocate memory. The locale is not created. User
Response: Remove some applications from memory and
rerun the LOCALDEF utility.
- EDC5410
- Could not open file %s for write
Severity: Severe
Explanation: This message is issued if the open
for write fails when the LOCALDEF Utility attempts to
generate the C program. The file name passed to fopen()
is included in the message. The locale is not created.
User Response: Make sure the drive specified has
enough disk space available and is in write mode.
- EDC5411
- The '%s' symbol is longer than
<mb_cur_max>
Severity: Severe
Explanation: The length of value assigned to the
specified symbol in the charmap file must not be as big
as the value assigned to <mb_cur_max>.
<mb_cur_max> defaults to 1 and can only have the
values 1 or 2. The locale is not created.
User Response: Increase the size of
<mb_cur_max> or remove the extra value assigned to
the symbol specified.
- EDC5412
- The '%s' symbolic name is undefined and
has been ignored
Severity: Warning
Explanation: The specified symbolic name used in
the locale definition file is not defined in the charmap
file. When a symbolic name that is not defined is used in
the LC_CTYPE or LC_COLLATE categories, the character is
ignored, and the warning issued.
User Response: Define the specified symbol name in
the charmap file.
- EDC5413
- The '%s' symbolic name is undefined
Severity: Severe
Explanation: The specified symbolic name used in
the locale definition file is not defined in the charmap
file. When a symbolic name that is not defined is used in
categories other than LC_CTYPE or LC_COLLATE, an error
message is issued, and the locale is not created.
User Response: Define the specified symbol name in
the charmap file.
- EDC5414
- The start of the range, %s, must be
numerically less than the end of the range, %s
Severity: Severe
Explanation: In the collation section of the
locale definition file, the start range codepoint
specified must be less than the end range codepoint
specified. These codepoints are assigned values in the
charmap file where the codepoints can be assigned in any
order. The locale is not created.
User Response: Change the collation range
codepoints in the locale definition file so that the
start of the range is less than the end of the range.
- EDC5415
- The symbol range containing %s and %s is
incorrectly formatted
Severity: Severe
Explanation: The symbolic names in the charmap
file should consist of zero or more nonnumeric
characters, followed by an integer formed by one or more
decimal digits. The characters preceding the integer
should be identical in the two symbolic names, and the
integer formed by the digits in the second name should be
equal to or greater than the integer formed by the digits
in the first name. This is interpreted as a series of
symbolic names formed from the common part and each of
the integers between the first and second integer,
inclusive. The locale is not created. In the following
example, the first line is valid as both names have the
same prefix, followed by four digits, whereas the second
example has a different prefix for the first and second
name, and is invalid. <ab0101>...<ab0120>
\x42\xc1
<abc0101>...<ab0120> \x42\xc1
User Response: Check the specified symbolic names
to ensure compliance to the above rules.
- EDC5416
- Illegal character reference or escape
sequence in %s
Severity: Severe
Explanation: A character reference or escape
sequence has been defined that is not legal. The locale
is not created.
User Response: Make the character reference or
escape sequence legal.
- EDC5417
- The symbolic name '%s', has already been
specified
Severity: Error
Explanation: The specified symbolic name in the
charmap file has already been specified. A symbolic name
should only be defined once.
User Response: Remove the duplicate symbolic name
from the charmap file.
- EDC5418
- There are characters in the codeset which
are unspecified in the collation order
Severity: Warning
Explanation: There are characters defined in the
charmap file that are not used in the collation category
of the locale definition file. The locale is still
created. The characters are added at the end of the
collation sequence.
User Response: If required, add the missing
characters from the charmap file to the collation
category of the locale definition file.
- EDC5419
- Illegal decimal constant %s
Severity: Error
Explanation: The decimal constant of type '\dnnn'
specified in the charmap file is greater than decimal
255.
User Response: Change the decimal constant in the
charmap file to a value less than or equal to 255.
- EDC5420
- Illegal octal constant %s
Severity: Error
Explanation: The octal constant of type '\nnn'
specified in the charmap file or is greater than octal
377.
User Response: Change the octal constant in the
charmap file to a value less than or equal to octal 377.
- EDC5421
- Illegal hexadecimal constant %s
Severity: Error
Explanation: The hexadecimal constant of type
'\xnn' specified in the charmap file is greater than
hexadecimal FF.
User Response: Change the hexadecimal constant in
the charmap file to a value less than or equal to
hexadecimal FF.
- EDC5422
- Missing closing quote in string %s
Severity: Error
Explanation: The string specified has a opening
double quote but no closing double quote. The closing
quote will be added.
User Response: Add the closing double quote after
the string.
- EDC5423
- Illegal character %c
Severity: Error
Explanation: An illegal character has been found
in the charmap or locale definition file.
User Response: Remove the character.
- EDC5424
- The character for %s statement is missing
Severity: Error
Explanation: When defining the escape character or
comment character in the charmap or locale definition
file, a character was not supplied. The statement is
ignored and the escape character or comment character is
not changed.
User Response: Insert a character to be defined as
the escape character or comment character in the charmap
or locale definition file.
- EDC5425
- %c is not a POSIX Portable Character
Severity: Error
Explanation: When defining escape_char or
comment_char in the charmap or locale definition file,
the character was less than space. The statement is
ignored and the escape character or comment character is
not changed.
User Response: Define the escape_char or
comment_char in the charmap or locale definition file
with a character greater than space.
- EDC5426
- The character symbol '%s' is missing the
closing '>'
Severity: Error
Explanation: The character symbol specified has a
less than sign at the beginning of the symbol but no
closing greater than sign. The symbol is accepted.
User Response: Add the greater than sign after the
symbol.
- EDC5427
- Unrecognized keyword, %s
Severity: Error
Explanation: When a dot is not used in a string or
as part as of an ellipses ('...'), the keyword is
unrecognized, the statement is ignored.
User Response: Remove the dot which is part of the
unrecognized keyword or add the missing dots to make up
ellipses ('...').
- EDC5428
- The encoding specified for the %s
character is unsupported
Severity: Severe
Explanation: The multibyte character is not valid,
contains a shift out without a corresponding shift in or
a shift in character without a corresponding shift out.
The locale is not created.
User Response: If the string contains unmatched
shift in or shift out characters, remove them.
- EDC5429
- The character, %s, has already been
assigned a weight
Severity: Error
Explanation: The specified character or symbolic
name in the collation category of the locale definition
file, has already been defined.
User Response: Remove the duplicate character or
symbolic name for the collation category.
- EDC5430
- A character in range %s...%s already has a
collation weight
Severity: Error
Explanation: A character or symbolic name in the
specified range in the collation category of the locale
definition file, has already been defined in the
collation category.
User Response: Remove the duplicate character or
adjust the range so as not to cover duplicate characters.
- EDC5431
- No toupper section defined
Severity: Warning
Explanation: The toupper keyword in the LC_CTYPE
category in the locale definition file was not specified.
The lowercase character 'a' to 'z' are mapped to the
characters 'A' to 'Z'. The locale is still created.
User Response: Add the lowercase characters 'a' to
'z' to the toupper section of the LC_CTYPE category in
the locale definition file.
- EDC5432
- The use of the "..." keyword
assumes that the codeset is contiguous between the two
range endpoints specified
Severity: Warning
Explanation: This warning is always produced when
ellipses ('...') is used in defining collation sequences
in the locale definition file because the locale may not
be portable whenever ellipses is used. The locale is
still created.
User Response: Instead of using ellipses, insert
all the symbol names between the two range endpoints.
- EDC5433
- The symbolic name, %s, referenced has not
yet been specified in the collation order
Severity: Error
Explanation: Collation weights in the locale
definition file must use symbolic names that have already
been specified in the collation order.
User Response: Remove the reference to the
symbolic name from the collation weights that have not
yet been specified in the collation order.
- EDC5434
- Specific collation weight assignment is
not valid when no sort keywords have been specified Severity:
Severe
Explanation: The number of sort rules, such as
forward, backward, no-substitute or position, specified
after the order_start keyword must be greater than or
equal to the number of weights assigned to any one
character in the collation category of the locale
definition file. When no sort rules are specified, one
forward sort rule is assumed. The locale is not created.
User Response: Add additional sort rules to the
order_start keyword.
- EDC5435
- The <mb_cur_min> keyword must be
defined as 1, it has been defined as %d. Value is ignored
Severity: Warning
Explanation: The <mb_cur_min> keyword in the
charmap file can only be set to 1.
User Response: Change the value of the
<mb_cur_min> keyword in the charmap file to 1.
- EDC5436
- The <code_set_name> must contain
only characters from the POSIX portable character set, %s
is not valid
Severity: Error
Explanation: The <code_set_name> in the
charmap file must only use graph characters. It must
contain only characters from the portable character set.
The character %c is not valid.
User Response: Remove the character from the
<code_set_name> in the charmap file that is not in
the portable character set.
- EDC5437
- The sort rules forward and backward are
mutually exclusive
Severity: Error
Explanation: Each sort rules of the order_start
keyword of the collation category in the locale
definition file can consist of one or more sort rules
separated by commas. The sort rules forward and backward,
cannot be used at the same time.
User Response: Specify only forward or backward
but not both.
- EDC5438
- Received too many arguments, expected %d
Severity: Error
Explanation: This message is issued in the locale
definition file when a keyword is expecting a fixed
number of arguments and too many arguments are supplied.
User Response: Remove the unnecessary argument in
the locale definition file.
- EDC5439
- The %s category has already been defined
Severity: Error
Explanation: The specified category in the locale
definition file should only be defined once. User
Response: Remove the specified duplicate category.
- EDC5440
- The %s category is empty
Severity: Warning
Explanation: The specified category in the locale
definition file does not contain any keywords. The locale
will still be created.
User Response: Remove the empty category or add
keywords to the specified category.
- EDC5441
- Unrecognized category %s is not processed
by LOCALDEF
Severity: Error
Explanation: User defined categories in the locale
definition file are not supported. That is, categories
that are not LC_CTYPE, LC_COLLATE, LC_MONETARY,
LC_NUMERIC, LC_TIME, LC_MESSAGES, LC_SYNTAX or LC_TOD are
not processed by the LOCALDEF utility.
User Response: Remove the unrecognized category
from the locale definition file.
- EDC5442
- The POSIX defined categories must appear
before any unrecognized categories
Severity: Warning
Explanation: User defined categories in the locale
definition file must appear after the POSIX defined
categories LC_CTYPE, LC_COLLATE, LC_MONETARY, LC_NUMERIC,
LC_TIME, LC_MESSAGES, LC_SYNTAX and LC_TOD. The locale
will still be created.
User Response: Move the unrecognized category to
the end of locale definition file.
- EDC5443
- The file code for the digit %s is not one
greater than the file code for %s
Severity: Error
Explanation: The values assigned to the digit
symbolic names <zero> to <nine> in the
charmap file must be in sequence and be contiguous.
User Response: Change the value assigned to the
specified digit symbolic name in the charmap file so that
it is one greater than the value assigned to the
preceding digit symbolic name.
- EDC5444
- The process code for the digit %s is not
one greater than the process code for %s
Severity: Error
Explanation: The wide character values assigned to
the digit symbolic names <zero> to <nine> in
the charmap file must be in sequence and be contiguous.
User Response: Change the wide character value
assigned to the specified digit symbolic name in the
charmap file so that it is one greater than the wide
character value assigned to the preceding digit symbolic
name.
- EDC5445
- The symbol %s has already been defined
Severity: Error
Explanation: The collation symbol must be a
symbolic name, enclosed between angle brackets ('<'
and '>'), and should not duplicate any symbolic name
in the charmap file or any other name defined in the
collation definition. The definition as a
collating-symbol, is ignored.
User Response: Use another symbolic name for the
collating symbol.
- EDC5446
- Locale does not conform to POSIX
specifications for the LC_CTYPE %s keyword
Severity: Warning
Explanation: The specified keyword in the LC_CTYPE
category in the locale definition contains characters
that conflict with the POSIX definition of the category.
The locale will still be created. This may be caused by
the following:
- The upper keyword contains
characters from the cntrl, digit, punct or space
keywords.
- The lower keyword contains
characters from the cntrl, digit, punct or space
keywords.
- The alpha keyword contains
characters from the cntrl, digit, punct or space
keywords.
- The space keyword contains
characters from the digit, upper, lower, alpha or
xdigit keywords.
- The cntrl keyword contains
characters from the digit, upper, lower, alpha,
graph, punct, print or xdigit keywords.
- The punct keyword contains
characters from the digit, upper, lower, alpha,
cntrl, space or xdigit keywords.
- The graph keyword contains
characters from the cntrl keyword.
- The print keyword contains
characters from the cntrl keyword.
User Response: Remove the
character from the specified keyword that conflicts with
characters from one of the other keywords.
- EDC5447
- Locale does not specify the minimum
required for the LC_CTYPE %s keyword. Setting to POSIX
defined defaults
Severity: Warning
Explanation: The specified keyword in the LC_CTYPE
category in the locale definition file does not contain
minimum characters required the keyword. The locale will
still be created. The minimum requirements for the
keywords are as follows:
- The upper keyword does not contain
the required characters 'A' to 'Z'.
- The lower keyword does not contain
the required characters 'a' to 'z'.
- The space keyword does not contain
the required characters space, form feed,
newline, carriage return, horizontal tab and
vertical tab.
User Response: Specify the
minimum requirements for the specified keyword.
- EDC5448
- Locale does not specify only 0, 1, 2, 3,
4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 for LC_CTYPE digit keyword
Severity: Warning
Explanation: The digit keyword in the LC_CTYPE
category in the locale definition file can only contain
the characters required, '0' to '9'. The locale will
still be created.
User Response: Remove the character outside the
'0' to '9' range in the digit keyword.
- EDC5449
- Locale does not specify only 0, 1, 2, 3,
4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, a through f, and A through F for
LC_CTYPE xdigit keyword
Severity: Warning
Explanation: The xdigit keyword in the LC_CTYPE
category in the locale definition file can only contain
the characters required, '0' to '9' and 'A' to 'F' or 'a'
to 'f'. The locale will still be created. User
Response: Remove the character outside the range '0'
to '9' and 'A' to 'F' or 'a' to 'f' to the xdigit
keyword.
- EDC5450
- The number of operands to LC_COLLATE order
exceeds COLL_WEIGHTS_MAX
Severity: Error
Explanation: The number of sort rules, such as
forward, backward, no-substitute or position, specified
after the order_start keyword must not exceed
COLL_WEIGHTS_MAX in the collation category of the locale
definition file.
User Response: Reduce the number of sort rules to
the order_start keyword.
- EDC5451
- Both %s and %s symbols must be characters
and not collation symbols or elements
Severity: Error
Explanation: When defining ranges using ellipses
('...') in the collation category of the locale
definition file, the endpoints of the range must be
characters or symbolic names defined in the charmap file.
They should not be collating-symbol operands or
collating-element operands. User Response: Use
different characters for the range endpoints.
- EDC5452
- usage: LOCALDEF [/c] [/W[1][2]] [/f
charmap] [/i locsrc] locname
Severity: Severe
Explanation: One of the options specified was not
valid or a valid option was specified with an invalid
value.
User Response: Rerun the LOCALDEF Utility with the
correct option.
- EDC5453
- Symbol name %s is undefined and is
required in the Charmap file
Severity: Warning
Explanation: The symbolic name specified is not
defined in the charmap file and must be specified. The
locale is still produced.
User Response: Define the missing symbol name in
the charmap file.
- EDC5454
- Keyword copy cannot be nested
Severity: Error
Explanation: A locale category specifies the copy
keyword, and the locale from which the category is being
copied from also includes copy keyword for the same
category.
User Response: Change the name of the existing
locale to be copied to the name specified in existing
locale copy keyword.
- EDC5455
- copy keyword category %s not found
Severity: Error
Explanation: The specified category cannot be
found in the locale definition file that was included
using the copy keyword. The category is not copied.
User Response: Change the name of the existing
locale to be copied or add the specified category to the
locale definition file.
- EDC5456
- LC_SYNTAX %s character can only be a
punctuation character
Severity: Error
Explanation: The specified character defined in
the LC_SYNTAX category of the locale definition file,
must be a punctuation character. The character is
ignored.
User Response: Only use punctuation characters as
LC_SYNTAX characters.
- EDC5457
- LC_SYNTAX %s character can only have a
length of 1. Ignoring additional characters
Severity: Warning
Explanation: The specified character defined in
the LC_SYNTAX category of the locale definition file
contained more than one character, or specified a
multibyte character. The LC_SYNTAX characters must only
be single-byte characters.
User Response: Only use single-byte characters as
LC_SYNTAX characters.
- EDC5458
- LC_SYNTAX %s character could not be found
in Charmap file. Assigned code page IBM-850 symbol %s
Severity: Warning
Explanation: The LC_SYNTAX category was omitted,
or the character was omitted from the LC_SYNTAX category,
and the LOCALDEF utility attempted to assign the default
value. The specified symbolic name was not found in the
Charmap file, and the character has been assigned the
code point value from the IBM-850 code page.
User Response: Specify the character in the
LC_SYNTAX category, or change the charmap file to include
the specified symbolic name.
- EDC5459
- Duplicate characters for %s and %s found
in LC_SYNTAX
Severity: Error
Explanation: The specified characters from the
LC_SYNTAX category have the same code points assigned.
User Response: Change the characters to specify
different code points for each of the LC_SYNTAX
characters.
- EDC5460
- The %s keyword is not supported and is
ignored
Severity: Warning
Explanation: The specified keyword is not defined
in the POSIX standard and is ignored.
User Response: Remove the specified keyword.
- EDC5461
- The <mb_cur_max > keyword must be
defined as 1 or 2. It has been defined as %d. Value is
ignored
Severity: Warning
Explanation: The <mb_cur_max> keyword can
have the value of 1 for single-byte characters only, or 2
to support multi-byte characters. Values of other than 1
or 2 are ignored.
User Response: Specify <mb_cur_max> as
either 1 or 2.
- EDC5462
- The maximum number of alternate strings
for alt_digits is exceeded
Severity: Error
Explanation: Up to 100 alternate string can be
specified for the alt_digits keyword for the values from
zero to 99.
User Response: Remove the extra alternate strings.
- EDC5463
- The grouping string '%s' is invalid
Severity: Error
Explanation: The string specified for the
LC_NUMERIC grouping keyword or LC_MONETARY mon_grouping
keyword is not in the correct format. The string should
consist of numbers in the range -1 and 254 separated by
semicolons.
User Response: Correct the grouping or
mon_grouping string to be in the correct format.
- EDC5464
- The grouping string '%s' is invalid and
has been truncated to '%s'
Severity: Warning
Explanation: The string specified for the
LC_NUMERIC grouping keyword or LC_MONETARY mon_grouping
keyword is not in the correct format. The string should
consist of numbers in the range -1 and 254 separated by
semicolons, with no other numbers or semicolons following
the -1. The characters following the -1 are ignored.
User Response: Remove the characters from the
grouping or mon_grouping string following the -1.
- EDC5465
- The value %d for %s is invalid
Severity: Error
Explanation: The value %d specified is not a value
for the specified keyword. For example, the day is not
valid for the specified month, or the month is not in the
range from 1 to 12.
User Response: Correct the value for the specified
keyword to be within the correct range for that keyword.
- EDC5466
- %s specified with no %s
Severity: Error
Explanation: The keyword specified can only be
specified if the other keyword is also specified. Either
both or neither should be specified.
User Response: Either remove the first keyword
specified, or add the other required keyword.
- EDC5467
- daylight_name must be specified if
Daylight Saving Time information is to be used by the
mktime and localtime functions
Severity: Warning
Explanation: Keywords have been specified in the
LC_TOD category, but the 'daylight_time' keyword has not
been specified. The other keywords will be ignored.
User Response: Remove the other keywords from the
LC_TOD category, or add the 'daylight_time' keyword.
- EDC5468
- One-to-many mappings cannot be specified
against a collating-symbol, collating-element or the
UNDEFINED symbol
Severity: Error
Explanation: A one-to-many mapping has been
specified in the LC_COLLATE category against a
collating-symbol, collating-element or the UNDEFINED
symbol. For example, all of the following would cause
this error message: collating-symbol
<HIGH>
collating-element <ch> from
"<c><h>"
<HIGH> "<A>"
<ch> "<B>"
UNDEFINED "<C>"
User Response: Remove the one-to-many mapping from
the collating-symbol, collating-element or the UNDEFINED
symbol.
- EDC5469
- Temporary file %s could not be deleted
Severity: Warning
Explanation: Temporary files are created by the
localdef utility for the generated C program, DLL
definition file, object file and map file. These files
are then deleted after the are used by the compiler and
linker. This message indicates the temporary file could
not be removed when localdef is cleaning up the temporary
files.
User Response: Delete the temporary file manually.
- EDC5470
- %s failed with rc = %d
Severity: Severe
Explanation: The specified program, compiler or
linker, has failed with the specified return code. The
messages associated with compiler or linker will have
been printed before this message. User Response: Examine
the explanation of the compiler and linker error messages
in the relevant Compiler and Linker manuals.
- EDC5471
- Cannot create a unique file name for %s
file
Severity: Severe
Explanation: Temporary files are created by the
localdef utility for the generated C program, DLL
definition file, object file and map file. These files
are then deleted after the are used by the compiler and
linker. This message indicates a unique temporary file
could not be created because either too many file already
exist the directory defined by the TMP environment
variable or insufficient memory was available to create
the temporary name.
User Response: Check the contents of the directory
defined by the TMP environment variable or if it does not
exist then check the current directory.
- EDC5472
- Syntax error
Severity: Error
Explanation: A syntax error has been found in the
charmap or local definition file name supplied, on the
line number supplied and at the character position
supplied. The line number and character position in the
message indicates the position within the file when the
error was detected. This may be after the line containing
the error.
User Response: Change the line in the charmap or
locale definition file to conform to the POSIX standard
format.

LOCALDEF Utility
LOCALDEF Syntax
LOCALDEF Return
Codes
Portable Character
Set