form-definition

This single-valued attribute specifies the name of the form definition that defines how a data set is printed.

ISPF field name

Form definition

Allowed values

You can enter a combination of 1–8 letters (a–z, a–Z), numbers (0-9), and special characters (# $ @). Blanks and other special characters are not allowed. If the value contains special characters, enclose it in double quotation marks. Lowercase letters are converted to uppercase.

You can specify the form definition name with or without the F1 prefix. However, if the name of the form definition, without the F1 prefix, starts with F1, specify the full name. For example, F1F1USER.

Default value

PSF and the transforms use the first inline form definition. If none exists:
  • PSF uses the installation-defined default form definition.
  • The transforms use the default form definition in the transform configuration file, aopxfd.conf. If a default form definition is not specified in the file, the transforms use F1CP0110.

Usage guidelines

  • This attribute applies to documents printed on an AFP printer.
  • Products that transform AFP documents can support this attribute. For information, see the documentation for the transform.
  • To correctly print documents that contain an inline form definition when you are using the AFP Printer Driver for Windows, do not specify a value for this attribute.
  • If the job submitter specifies a form definition, it overrides the form definition in this attribute.
  • IP PrintWay sends this attribute to the remote printer if the value of the lpr-mode attribute is to-remote-psf.
  • This attribute is equivalent to the FORMDEF parameter of the OUTPUT JCL statement.