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EXTPRTn Parameters and Online Print Specifications

You can specify one or more of the following EXTPRTn parameters as an asterisk to indicate that the users supply them online when printing a SYSOUT group:

class
destination
form
writer

Example

Assume that you want to print to an external device using the JES data set interface. Also assume the following list of conditions:

• The printer ID is VPS
• The class is V
• The destination is LOCAL
• Provide the writer name online when the print request is made

Define the following initialization parameter:

EXTPRT1=VPS/JESDS/V/LOCAL//*

For the online print request, specify the following destination:

DEST ===> >VPS.RMT5

CA View dynamically creates a SYSOUT data set to contain the XPR record. The attributes for the data set correspond to the following JCL statement:

//ddname DD SYSOUT=(V,RMT5),DEST=LOCAL

Notice the use of the asterisk in the EXTPRT parameter in the writer position to indicate that the user supplies the writer name online at the time of the print request.