Programming Interface Information: This information is NOT intended to be
used as Programming Interfaces of VM/ESA. It is to be used for diagnosis only.

FORMS

Prolog  

Control Block Contents  

FORMS DSECT

Storage Layout  

Cross Reference (Contains links to field and bit definitions)  

FORMS Prolog

 Name       : HCPFORMS
 Description: System spool output forms and user forms
 DSECT      : FORMS (primary)
 Function   : To contain the default forms for each spool device
              type and to contain the anchor for the chain of user
              form names and the operator form names to which they
              are equivalent.
 Located by : PFXSYS -> SYSCM
              SYSCM(SYSFORMT) -> FORMS
              FORMS(FORMANCH) -> UFORM
              UFORM(UFORMNXT) -> UFORM . etc.
 Created by : SYSFORM macro or HCPZPP via entries in SYSTEM CONFIG
 Deleted by : Not deleted

 

FORMS Control Block Content


FORMS DSECT

Hex Dec Type/Val Lng Label (dup) Comments ---- ---- --------- ---- -------------- -------- 0000 0 Structure FORMS System spool output forms and user forms 0000 0 Character 8 FORMDRDR Default reader form 0008 8 Character 8 FORMDPRT Default printer form 0010 16 Character 8 FORMDPCH Default punch form 0018 24 Character 8 FORMDCON Default console form 0020 32 Address 4 FORMANCH Anchor for User Form entries 0024 36 Address 4 * Reserved for future IBM use 00000028 FORMSSIZ *-FORMS Length of FORMS base 00000005 FORMDSIZ (*-FORMS+7)/8 Length in double words

 

FORMS Storage Layout

*** FORMS - System spool output forms and user forms
*
*     +-------------------------------------------------------+
*   0 |                       FORMDRDR                        |
*     +-------------------------------------------------------+
*   8 |                       FORMDPRT                        |
*     +-------------------------------------------------------+
*  10 |                       FORMDPCH                        |
*     +-------------------------------------------------------+
*  18 |                       FORMDCON                        |
*     +---------------------------+---------------------------+
*  20 |         FORMANCH          |///////////////////////////|
*     +---------------------------+---------------------------+
*  28
*
*** FORMS - System spool output forms and user forms

 

FORMS Cross Reference

(contains links to field and bit definitions)
Symbol         Dspl Value
-------------- ---- -----

FORMANCH 0020

FORMDCON 0018

FORMDPCH 0010

FORMDPRT 0008

FORMDRDR 0000

FORMDSIZ 0024 00000005

FORMSSIZ 0024 00000028


This information is based on VM/ESA 2.4.0.
Last updated on 3 Aug 1999 at 11:55:45 EDT.
Copyright IBM Corporation, 1990, 1999