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<h2>Device Selection Exit Program</h2>
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Required Parameter Group:<br>
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<td align="center" valign="top" width="10%">1</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" width="45%">Format name</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" width="25%">Input</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" width="20%">Char(8)</td>
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<td align="center" valign="top">2</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top">Device selection information</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top">Input/Output</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top">Char(*)</td>
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<td align="center" valign="top">3</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top">Return code</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top">Output</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top">Binary(4)</td>
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Exit point name: QIBM_QPA_DEVSEL<br>
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Exit point format name: PADS0100<br>
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QSYSINC Member Name: EPADSEL<br>
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<p>The Device Selection exit program provides an interface to control virtual
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device selection and automatic creation used by the system for connection
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requests from clients using virtual device support. The interface allows the
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user to write an exit program to specify the naming conventions used for
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automatically created virtual devices and virtual controllers and to specify
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the automatic creation limit to be used for the specific request.</p>
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<p>The exit program can:</p>
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<ol>
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<li>Reject a specific name for a device connection request.<br><br></li>
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<li>Specify a naming pattern to be used for the automatic creation of a virtual
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device. This is used only if a specific device name was not requested on the
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client's connection request.<br><br></li>
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<li>Specify the naming pattern of the virtual controller to be used:
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<ul>
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<li>to search in an attempt to select an existing device (if a specific
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device name was not requested on the client's connection request) or
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to specify a controller to which to attach the automatically created device.</li>
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<li>This naming pattern is also used to 'count' the
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number of existing devices toward the automatic creation limit.</li>
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<li>Specify a second controller naming pattern to be used to 'count' the number
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of existing virtual devices.<br><br></li>
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<li>Specify the number of devices that can exist on the virtual controllers
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whose naming pattern is specified.</li>
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</ul>
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<h3>Authorities and Locks</h3>
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<p>You must have *ALLOBJ authority to register an exit
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program for the QIBM_QPA_DEVSEL exit point.</p>
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<h3>Required Parameter Group</h3>
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<dt><strong>Format name</strong></dt>
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<dd>INPUT; CHAR(8)
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<p>The format of the information provided in the Device selection information
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parameter. The format name is <a href="#PDSC0100">PDSC0100</a>.</p>
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</dd>
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<dt><strong>Device selection information</strong></dt>
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<dd>INPUT/OUTPUT; CHAR(*)
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<p>The structure containing the data that is being passed to the exit program
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and that is returned from the exit program.</p>
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<dt><strong>Return code</strong></dt>
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<dd>OUTPUT; BINARY(4)
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<p>Whether to allow the connection request to continue.
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The possible values are:</p>
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<td align="left" valign="top">0</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top">Do not allow connection request.</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top">1</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top">Allow connection request.</td>
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<p>If any other value is
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returned, the request for selection and automatic creation of a device
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description for the client request will be processed using the system defaults
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for the QAUTOVRT system value and the defaults for the device and controller
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naming conventions.</p>
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<p>This parameter is initialized to 0 on the call to the exit program.</p>
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<h3><a name="PDSC0100">PDSC0100 Format</a></h3>
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<p>For details about the fields in the following table, see
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<a href="#fielddes">Field Descriptions.</a></p>
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<th align="center" valign="bottom" colspan="2">Offset
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</th><th align="left" valign="bottom" rowspan="2">Type
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</th><th align="left" valign="bottom" rowspan="2">Field
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</th></tr><tr><th align="center" valign="bottom">Dec
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</th><th align="center" valign="bottom">Hex
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<td align="center" valign="top" width="10%">0
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</td><td align="center" valign="top" width="10%">0
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</td><td align="left" valign="top" width="20%">BINARY(4)
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</td><td align="left" valign="top" width="60%">Size of structure
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<td align="center" valign="top">4
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</td><td align="center" valign="top">4
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</td><td align="left" valign="top">BINARY(4)
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</td><td align="left" valign="top">Function
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<td align="center" valign="top">8
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</td><td align="center" valign="top">8
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</td><td align="left" valign="top">BINARY(4)
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</td><td align="left" valign="top">Specific name requested
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<td align="center" valign="top">12
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</td><td align="center" valign="top">C
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</td><td align="left" valign="top">CHAR(10)
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</td><td align="left" valign="top">Name for requested device
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<td align="center" valign="top">22
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</td><td align="center" valign="top">16
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</td><td align="left" valign="top">CHAR(8)
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</td><td align="left" valign="top">Format of returned data
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<h3>PDSR0100 Format</h3>
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<p>For details about the fields in the following table, see
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<a href="#fielddes">Field Descriptions.</a></p>
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<th align="center" valign="bottom" colspan="2">Offset
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</th><th align="left" valign="bottom" rowspan="2">Type
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</th><th align="left" valign="bottom" rowspan="2">Field
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</th><th align="center" valign="bottom">Hex
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<td align="center" valign="top" width="10%">30
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</td><td align="center" valign="top" width="10%">1E
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</td><td align="left" valign="top" width="20%">CHAR(2)
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</td><td align="left" valign="top" width="60%">Reserved
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<td align="center" valign="top">32
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</td><td align="center" valign="top">20
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</td><td align="left" valign="top">BINARY(4)
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</td><td align="left" valign="top">Autocreation limit
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<td align="center" valign="top">36
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</td><td align="center" valign="top">24
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</td><td align="left" valign="top">CHAR(6)
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</td><td align="left" valign="top">Naming pattern for device
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<td align="center" valign="top">42
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</td><td align="center" valign="top">2A
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</td><td align="left" valign="top">CHAR(6)
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</td><td align="left" valign="top">Controller naming pattern for device attachment
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<td align="center" valign="top">48
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</td><td align="center" valign="top">30
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</td><td align="left" valign="top">CHAR(6)
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</td><td align="left" valign="top">Additional controller naming pattern
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<h3><a name="fielddes">Field Descriptions</a></h3>
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<p><strong>Additional controller naming pattern.</strong> The naming pattern
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for the controllers to be used for the device automatic creation limit. When
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applying the check for automatic creation limit, devices attached to these
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controllers are also counted when determining ifr the limit is exceeded.
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This field is initialized to blanks before the call is made to the exit program.</p>
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<p><strong>Autocreation limit.</strong> The number to be used for the
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virtual device automatic creation limit for this connection request.
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Possible values are:</p>
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<td align="left" valign="top">0</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top">Do not allow any additional virtual device
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descriptions to be created automatically.</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" nowrap>1-32500</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top">The number of devices that can be attached to the
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controller descriptions whose naming patterns are specified in Controller
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naming pattern for device attachment and Additional controller naming pattern.</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top">32767</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top">The special value of *NOMAX. Do not limit the
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automatic creation of virtual devices.</td>
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<p><strong>Controller naming pattern for device attachment.</strong>
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The naming pattern for the controller to which an automatically created device
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is to be attached. These characters must be a valid input to the CRTCTLVWS
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command. If there are not six characters, the pattern is padded with zeros.
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If the Autocreation limit is 1-32500, the devices attached to controllers
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with this pattern are counted and this number is used toward the automatic
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creation limit. This field is initialized to blanks
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before the call is made to the exit program.</p>
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<p><strong>Format of returned data.</strong> The format name
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specified by the user exit program for the output data returned from the Device
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Selection exit point. The only format supported currently is PDSR0100. This
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field is initialized to PDSR0100 on the call to the exit program.</p>
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<p><strong>Function.</strong> The function being used by the client.
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Possible values are:</p>
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<td align="left" valign="top">APPC</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top"><em>2</em></td>
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<td align="left" valign="top">TELNET</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top"><em>3</em></td>
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<td align="left" valign="top">Virtual Terminal Manager API (VTM API)</td>
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<p><strong>Name for requested device.</strong> The name of the device
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requested by the client. If Specific name requested is
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set to 0, this field is blank.</p>
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<p><strong>Naming pattern for device.</strong> The naming pattern to be used
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for device automatic creation. These characters must be a valid input to the
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CRTDEVDSP command. This field is checked only if the Specific name requested
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field is 0. This field is initialized to blanks before the call
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is made to the exit program.</p>
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<p><strong>Reserved.</strong> A reserved field that must be set to hexadecimal
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zeros.</p>
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<p><strong>Size of structure.</strong> The size of the structure
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containing the data being passed to and returned from the exit
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program.</p>
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<p><strong>Specific name requested.</strong> Whether a specific
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name was requested by the client. If a specific name was
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requested, this name will be passed to the exit program in the Name for
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requested device field.</p>
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<td align="left" valign="top"><em>0</em></td>
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<td align="left" valign="top">No specific name was requested.</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top"><em>1</em></td>
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<td align="left" valign="top">Specific name was requested.</td>
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<h3>Coding Guidelines</h3>
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<p>Applications should consider the following when coding this exit program:</p>
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<li>The program should return an exception for the requested operation only if
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there has been a
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failure in the operation. If the program signals an escape message to the API,
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the system assumes there is a failure. A diagnostic message is returned to the
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calling program. The request for selection and automatic creation of a device
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description for the client request will be processed using the system defaults
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for the QAUTOVRT system value and the defaults for the device and controller
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naming conventions.<br><br>
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<li>The program must clean up any locks that it acquires.<br><br>
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<li>The program must handle all potential error conditions associated with
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its own operations (be fault tolerant).<br><br>
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<li>The program must avoid infinite looping conditions.</li>
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