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A reminder about the differences between messages and screen messages

This topic summarizes some of the important differences between messages and screen messages in service flow projects.
Some of the important differences between the two types of artifacts are as follows:
Characteristic: Message: Screen message:
A description of the artifact: A structure used to store data during the execution of a flow or to pass data between the flow and other applications. A description of an application screen and its fields.
The type of file in which the artifacts are stored. Message file (also called a message definition file) Screen message file
The file extension of the file: .sfmxsd .sfmxsd
The type of subproject in which the file can occur.
  • The interface subproject
  • A nonterminal subproject
  • A terminal subproject
A link to more information: Working with messages Working with screen messages

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