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Input, Output and Label Examples

The following is a description of how to code the //INPUT DD to the CTS job stream. It will point to the CTS input as described below.

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*        1. EACH LABEL REQUEST MUST START WITH THE LABEL REQUEST TYPE   *
*           KEYWORD ('VOLUME', 'LABEL' OR 'SPINOFF').                   *
*                                                                       *
*        2. EACH LABEL REQUEST AND ALL KEYWORDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE     *
*           LABEL REQUEST MUST EITHER FIT ON ONE CARD (WITH NO          *
*           CONTINUATION CHARACTER IN COLUMN 72 OR EACH CARD INPUT      *
*           ASSOCIATED WITH A LABEL REQUEST MUST CONTAIN A              *
*           CONTINUATION CHARACTER IN COLUMN 72 IF KEYWORDS FOLLOW.     *
*                                                                       *
*        3. CARD IMAGE RECORDS ENDING IN A COMMA MUST CONTAIN A         *
*           CONTINUATION CHARACTER IN COLUMN 72.                        *
*                                                                       *
*        4. COMMENTS MUST CONTAIN AN ASTERISK (*) IN COLUMN 1 AND       *
*           NOT BE INTERMIXED WITH CONTINUED 'USERDATA' OR 'LABEL'      *
*           KEYWORD VALUES.                                             *
*                                                                       *
*        5. IF VALUES FOR KEYWORD'S 'USERDATA' OR 'LABEL' ARE           *
*           CONTINUED FROM ONE RECORD TO THE NEXT, COLUMN 71 WILL       *
*           BE USED AS THE LAST COLUMN OF THE DATA ON CONTINUED         *
*           RECORDS AND COLUMN 1 OF THE NEXT RECORD WILL BE USED AS     *
*           THE NEXT COLUMN OF THE DATA UNLESS THE ENDING DELIMITER     *
*           IS FOUND.  THE ENDING DELIMITER MAY BE PLACED ANYWHERE      *
*           IN COLUMNS 1 THROUGH 71.                                    *
*                                                                       *
*        6. EACH LABEL REQUEST (AND ALL KEYWORDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE    *
*           LABEL REQUEST) WILL BE VALIDATED.  IF NO ERRORS OCCUR,      *
*           THE LABEL REQUEST WILL BE PROCESSED AND SENT TO CA-EARL.    *
*                                                                       *
*        7. THE 'USERDATA' KEYWORD IS ONLY VALID WITH A 'VOLUMN'        *
*           LABEL REQUEST.  THE FOLLOWING ARE SAMPLE VALID REQUESTS:    *
*                                                                       *
*        SAMPLES. . .                                               72  *
*           1.    VOLUME=123456,PRINTER=(1,3),WTOROUTE=(1,15,20)        *
*                                                                       *
*           2.    VOLUME=123456,                                     X  *
*                 PRINTER=(1,3),                                     X  *
*                 WTOROUTE=(1,15,20)                                    *
*                                                                       *
*           3.    VOLUME=123456,USERDATE='...........................X  *
*                 .................................',CCIDEST='.....'    *
*                                                                       *
*           4.    LABEL=10,80,'......................................X  *
*                 ....................................',PRINTER=2       *
*                                                                       *
*           5.    SPINOFF                                               *
*           6.    SPINOFF,PRINTER=(1,3)                                 *
*                                                                       *
*           7.    STATUS                                                *
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