Create Form Definition (CRTFORMDF)

The Create Form Definition (CRTFORMDF) command creates a form definition from a physical file. The physical file contains the form definition information. The form definition information, can, for example, come from a S/370* host system and be in the Systems Application Architecture (SAA) format.

Restriction: If networking spooled files to a System/370* system, the first two characters of the form definition name must be 'F1'.

Parameters

Keyword	Description	Choices	Notes
FORMDF	Form definition	Qualified object name	Required, Positional 1
	Qualifier 1: Form definition	Name
	Qualifier 2: Library	Name, *CURLIB
FILE	File	Qualified object name	Required, Positional 2
	Qualifier 1: File	Name
	Qualifier 2: Library	Name, LIBL, CURLIB
MBR	Member	Name, *FORMDF	Optional, Positional 3
TEXT	Text 'description'	Character value, MBRTXT, BLANK	Optional
REPLACE	Replace form definition	YES, NO	Optional
AUT	Authority	Name, LIBCRTAUT, CHANGE, ALL, USE, *EXCLUDE	Optional

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Form definition (FORMDF)

Specifies the form definition being created.

This is a required parameter.

Qualifier 1: Form definition

name: Specify the name of the form definition.

Qualifier 2: Library

*CURLIB: The current library for the job is used to store the form definition. If no library is specified as the current library for the job, QGPL is used.
name: Specify the library where you want to store form definition.

Source file (FILE)

Specifies the file containing the form definition records sent to this system.

This is a required parameter.

Qualifier 1: File

name: Specify the name of the file containing the form definition records.

Qualifier 2: Library

*LIBL: All libraries in the library list for the current thread are searched until the first match is found.

*CURLIB: The current library for the job is used to locate the file. If no library is specified as the current library for the job, QGPL is used.
name: Specify the library where the file is located.

Text 'description' (TEXT)

Specifies the text that briefly describes the object.

*MBRTXT: The text is taken from the file member being used to create the form definition. You can add or change text for a database source member by using the Source Entry Utility (STRSEU) command, or by using either the Add Physical File Member (ADDPFM) command or the Change Physical File Member (CHGPFM) command. If the file is an inline file or a device file, the text is blank.
*BLANK: No text is specified.
character-value: Specify no more than 50 characters of text, enclosed in apostrophes.

Authority (AUT)

Specifies the authority you are giving to users who do not have specific authority for the object, who are not on an authorization list, and whose group profile or supplemental group profiles do not have specific authority for the object.

*LIBCRTAUT: The system determines the authority for the object by using the value specified on the Create authority (CRTAUT) parameter on the Create Library command (CRTLIB) for the library containing the object to be created. If the value specified on the Create authority (CRTAUT) parameter is changed, the new value will not affect any existing objects.

*CHANGE: The user can perform all operations on the object except those limited to the owner or controlled by object existence (*OBJEXIST) and object management (*OBJMGT) authorities. The user can change and perform basic functions on the object. *CHANGE authority provides object operational (*OBJOPR) authority and all data authority. If the object is an authorization list, the user cannot add, change, or remove users.

*ALL: The user can perform all operations except those limited to the owner or controlled by authorization list management (*AUTLMGT) authority. The user can control the object's existence, specify the security for the object, change the object, and perform basic functions on the object. The user also can change ownership of the object.

*USE: The user can perform basic operations on the object, such as running a program or reading a file. The user cannot change the object. Use (*USE) authority provides object operational (*OBJOPR), read (*READ), and execute (*EXECUTE) authorities.

*EXCLUDE: The user cannot access the object.

name: Specify the name of an authorization list. Users included on the authorization list are granted authority to the object as specified by the list. The authorization list must exist when the object is created.

Examples

CRTFORMDF   FORMDF(*CURLIB/FORMDF1)
            FILE(*CURLIB/FORMDF)  MBR(F1A01238)
            AUT(*EXCLUDE)
            TEXT('Default form definition for AFP printers')

This command creates form definition FORMDF1 in the current library, or in the QGPL library if there is no current library. Input is taken from source file FORMDF with member F1A01238, in the current library. Specifying *EXCLUDE for authority restricts the usage of the object to the owner. The text describes what the form definition represents.

Error messages

*ESCAPE Messages

CPF2283: Authorization list &1 does not exist.
CPF8056: File &1 in &2 not a physical file.
CPF88C1: Printer resource type &1 &2 was not created in library &3.
CPF9809: Library &1 cannot be accessed.
CPF9810: Library &1 not found.
CPF9812: File &1 in library &2 not found.
CPF9822: Not authorized to file &1 in library &2.
CPF9845: Error occurred while opening file &1.
CPF9846: Error while processing file &1 in library &2.
CPF9847: Error occurred while closing file &1 in library &2.
CPF9870: Object &2 type *&5 already exists in library &3.