When DosGetMessage is issued, it searches for the message in the message segment bound to the application's executable file, and then searches the application's message file on a hard disk. To ensure that a message is displayed quickly, you can bind it to the application's executable file by using the MSGBIND utility program. For each executable file, MSGBIND specifies which message files to scan; for each message file, it specifies which message to include in the executable file.

Note: The MSGBIND utility program supports the new compression format available with LINK386 (/EXEPACK:2) and RC (-x2).