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JCL requirements
Using the COMPILE command
Command coding conventions
Command syntax
HOST FORMS DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE 3.2 FOR IBM MVS CREATING FORMS
5.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Figure 5–1 shows the COMPILE command syntax flow.
Figure 5–1.
COMPILE command syntax
COMPILE FSL=DDname
Managing and printing
sample forms
[
]
(name)
optional other parameters
5–1
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