Parameters

table-name: Specifies the name of the table to be created. The name can be from one to eight alphanumeric characters in length and should begin with an alphabetic character.
key-name-list: Specifies the variables, by name, that are to be used as keys for accessing the table. See name-list for the specification of name lists. If this parameter is omitted, the table will not be accessible by keys.
name-list: Specifies the non-key variables, by name, to be stored in each row of the table.
If key-name-list and name-list are omitted, the table can contain only extension variables that must be specified when a row is written to the table.
WRITE: Specifies that the table is permanent, to be written to disk by the TBSAVE or TBCLOSE service. The disk copy is not actually created until the TBSAVE or TBCLOSE service is invoked.
The WRITE/NOWRITE usage of a shared table must be consistent on all TBCREATE and TBOPEN requests. That is, all requests for a given shared table that result in concurrent use of that table must specify the same WRITE or NOWRITE attribute.
NOWRITE: Specifies that the table is for temporary use only. When processing is complete, a temporary table should be deleted by the TBEND or TBCLOSE service.
REPLACE: Specifies that an existing table is to be replaced. If a table of the same name is currently open, it is deleted from virtual storage before the new table is created, and return code 4 is issued. If the WRITE parameter is also specified and a duplicate table name exists in the table input library, the table is created and return code 4 is issued. The duplicate table is not deleted from the input library. However, if TBSAVE or TBCLOSE is issued for the table, the existing table is replaced with the current table.
A table currently existing in virtual storage in shared mode cannot be replaced. If this is attempted, a return code of 8 results. Further, a shared table cannot be replaced by a non-shared table, and vice versa.
library: Specifies the name of a DD statement or LIBDEF lib-type that defines the input library. If specified, a generic (non-ISPF) ddname must be used. If this parameter is omitted, the default input library name is ISPTLIB.
SHARE: Specifies that the created table can be shared between all logical screens while the user is in split-screen mode. A table can be "created" by one screen only. That is, once one screen has issued a TBCREATE SHARE for a given table, another screen is not permitted to issue a TBCREATE for the same table.
A successful TBCREATE or TBOPEN request causes the use count in the table to be incremented by one. The use count determines the action taken by subsequent TBEND and TBCLOSE requests.
buf-len: Specifies a fullword fixed binary integer containing the length of "buffer".
buffer: Specifies a buffer containing the name of the service and its parameters in the same form as they would appear in an ISPEXEC call for a command procedure.