1.$ MESSAGE COBOLMSG This MESSAGE command creates the message object module COBOLMSG.OBJ by compiling the message source file COBOLMSG.MSG. The default qualifier /OBJECT is implied. 2.$ MESSAGE/FILE_NAME=COBOLMF /OBJECT=MESPNTR COBOLMSG This MESSAGE command creates the object module MESPNTR.OBJ, which contains a pointer to the nonexecutable message file COBOLMF.EXE.