Xerox Printer Managing and printing sample forms, JCL requirements, Using the Compile command

5.Managing and printing sample forms

When you have created your form design using Host Forms Description Language (HFDL) commands, you can compile, batch process, store, and print a sample of it. After this process completes, your form becomes available for use. This chapter describes the COMPILE command and the job control language (JCL) to invoke the HFDL compiler.

JCL requirements

During installation, your System Administrator or system installer modifies the items in your JCL, as appropriate, for your specific site.

You enter items in the JCL that are specific to your job when you are ready to compile your form with HFDL. If you are not familiar with the items you need to change in the JCL, contact your System Administrator.

Using the COMPILE command

You use the COMPILE command to indicate how you want to compile the form. The COMPILE command is the only command available for compiling forms.

Command coding conventions

Use the following conventions when you code the COMPILE command:

·Follow the command syntax carefully.

·Enter operands in uppercase or lowercase characters.

·Type operands in the first 72 columns of a record.

·Abbreviate as indicated by the capital letters.

Command syntax

Figure 5±1 shows the COMPILE command syntax flow.

Figure 5±1. COMPILE command syntax

COMPILE FSL=DDname[(name)] optional other parameters

HOST FORMS DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE 3.2 FOR IBM MVS CREATING FORMS 5±1