topic Re: FORMAT_MESSAGE VS WRITE_MESSAGE in Application Development and Automation Discussions https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/format-message-vs-write-message/m-p/1516702#M237750 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>HI,</P><P>FORMAT_MESSAGE Takes a message id and number, and puts it into a variable. Works better than WRITE_MESSAGE, since some messages use $ as a place holder, and WRITE_MESSAGE does not accommadate that, it only replaces the ampersands (&amp;) in the message. </P><P></P><P>Thanks</P><P>Sudheer</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 28 Aug 2006 16:03:23 GMT Former Member 2006-08-28T16:03:23Z FORMAT_MESSAGE VS WRITE_MESSAGE https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/format-message-vs-write-message/m-p/1516701#M237749 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>hi </P><P>what is the advantage of write_message over format_message? </P><P>thanks</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 28 Aug 2006 15:55:11 GMT https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/format-message-vs-write-message/m-p/1516701#M237749 Former Member 2006-08-28T15:55:11Z Re: FORMAT_MESSAGE VS WRITE_MESSAGE https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/format-message-vs-write-message/m-p/1516702#M237750 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>HI,</P><P>FORMAT_MESSAGE Takes a message id and number, and puts it into a variable. Works better than WRITE_MESSAGE, since some messages use $ as a place holder, and WRITE_MESSAGE does not accommadate that, it only replaces the ampersands (&amp;) in the message. </P><P></P><P>Thanks</P><P>Sudheer</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 28 Aug 2006 16:03:23 GMT https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/format-message-vs-write-message/m-p/1516702#M237750 Former Member 2006-08-28T16:03:23Z