IBM S544-5285-01 Fdefname Specifies the complete file name, Member, Doesnot Require, This Example

FORMDEF=

fdefname

Specifies the complete file name

(in

OS/390,

MVS

and

VSE,

the

member

name) of the form definitionfdefname. Thecan be from

1

to

8

alphanumeric

or

national characters. Unlike PSF for

OS/390,

PSF/MVS,

PSF/VM,

and

PSF/VSE,

ACIF

doesnot

require

the

name

to

begin

with

a F1

prefix,

but

if

begin

with

F1,

you

cannot

omit

it.

A form definition defines how a

page of data is placed on a fo

copies of a page, any modifications to that group of copies, pap

duplexing, as well as other functions. ACIF uses a form definition

retrieve resources; it does not

use

a

form

definition

to

convert

EXAMPLE

This

example

specifiesF1USER10

as

the

form

definition:

FORMDEF=F1USER1ð

The

form

definition

you

ask

ACIF

to

retrieve

may

be

located:

Ÿ Inline

in

the

file

referencedUSERLIB

inparamtheterOS/390( and

MVS

Ÿ In a user library

only)

Ÿ In

a

library

referencedFDEFLIB

in parametertheOS/390,(

MVS

,

andVM

)

Ÿ In a library referenced in the // LIBDEF PHASE,SEARCH=(...) DLBL

JC

statementVSE

()

Using

Form

Definitions

from

an

OS/390

or

MVS

User

Library:

You

can

instruct

ACIF

to

retrieve

a

form

definition

from

your

user

of

from

a

library

specifiedFDEFLIB

parameterinthe .

To

use a

form

definition

from

a

user

library,

you

must:

Ÿ Reference the user library containing the formUSERLIBdefinition in the

parameter

Ÿ Specify

the

name

of

the

form

definitionFORMDEF

inparamtheter

Using

Inline

Form

Definitions:

To

use

an

inline

form

definition,

you

must

d

the

following:

Ÿ Include

an

inline

form

definition

in

the

file.

Ÿ If you specifyFORMDEF the parameter, the name of the inline form

definition must match the name of the specified form definition,

specifyFORMDEF=DUMMY

.

Ÿ If a form definition resource is included inline with the data,

identified as containing carriage control characters. If the le

records in the form definition

is

less

than

or

equal

to

the

lo

length defined for the file,

you

can

specify

fixed-length

reco

record format. If the length

of

the

records

in

the

form

def

than

the

logical-record

length

defined

for

the

file,

you

must:

–

InOS/390

and

MVS

,

specify

variable

length

records for

the

rec

format (variable blocked with ANSI carriage control characters

variable

blocked

with

machine

carriage

control

characters

[VBM])

–

InVM

,

specify

variable

length

records

for

the

record

format.

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