Component Area

Component areas are delimited by the :compname and :END tags and contain the :PRODID tag plus the following sections that contain the parameters for the product:

CNTRLOP section (see Control Options Section)
DCL section (see Variable Declarations Section)
MDA section (see Minidisk/Directory Assignments Section)
RECINS section (see Receive Installation Tape Definition Section)
RECSER section (see Receive Service Media Definition Section)
BLD section (see Build Product Definition Section)
DABBV section (see File Type Abbreviations Extensions Section)

All the tags and sections in the component area of the source PPF are the same as in the component area of the usable form PPF. Remember that in the source PPF, variables defined in the variable declarations section have not yet been resolved.

The tags in the component area are:

:compname.

marks the beginning of a component area in a source PPF and is retained in the usable form PPF. compname is a 1-16 character uppercase name that identifies a product. The :compname tag is used by the VMFOVER EXEC to locate the component areas listed on the :COMPLST tag in source PPFs.

:PRODID.

identifies the 7-25 character product/component/version-release-modification identifier for PTF validation and product requisites.

prodid: is the 7-8 character alphanumeric identifier assigned to each product/version-release-modification level of the product (may also be referred to as prodid in other areas of this book). prodid also identifies the file name of the source PPF for the product.
%compname: is the component name identifier, for example CMS, which is added to the prodid with a percent sign (%). compname is a 1-16 character alphanumeric identifier.

:END.

marks the end of a component area.