Creating a Mass Export List of Applications File

When you specify the MODE(EXP) parameter, the mass installation file process exports applications in the form of installation files. The exported installation files are placed in the partitioned data set that is used for the output installation files. The names of the applications to be exported are listed in a control file specified by the file name (ddname) ICQEXPT.

The control file, ICQEXPT, has the following format requirements:

The file must be a sequential, fixed, or variable file. If a partitioned data set is allocated, the allocation must be on a member basis. For example:
```
//ICQEXPT DD DSN=ICQ.EXPORT.LIST(MEMBER1),DISP=SHR:
```
Each record in the file denotes a single export request, and continuation is not allowed.
Up to four parameters per record make up the individual export request. The parameters are positional but not column sensitive. The first three parameters are required.
Each parameter is a sequential character string bounded by one or more blanks.
The parameters must be specified in the first 72 characters of the record.
If all four parameters are specified, any character strings beyond the fourth parameter are ignored.
If /* are the first characters in the record, the record is ignored and treated as a comment.
Blanks are ignored.

There can be up to four positional parameters on each export request record. The first three parameters are required. These parameters must be specified in the following order:

Application name (Required)
Specifies the name of the application to be exported as it is specified in the Application Manager tables.
Language (Required)
Specifies the defined language of the application to be exported. Valid values are:
```
CHSDBCS CHTDBCS DANISH ENGLISH FRENCH GERMAN HANGDBCS ITALIAN
KANJDBCS PORTUGUE SPANISH
```
Type (Required)
Specifies the type of application to be exported. The following types are valid values for the English version of the product:
- PANEL
- FUNCTION
- ENVIRONMENT
These values are translated for each of the supported languages.
Member name
Specifies the member name of the installation file to be exported. If the name specified is not unique in the output data set, a unique name is generated. The name is generated by truncating the member name to 6 characters and appending the first available two-digit suffix. If the actual length of the member name is less than 6 characters, the first available suffix is appended to the actual name.

If the member name is not specified, the installation member name is generated based on the name of the application following the same procedure as previously described.

Figure 1 shows an example of the mass export list of applications file.

Figure 1. Example of Mass Export List of Applications File

/*  Application
/* Name      Language     Type         Member Name

ICQENVIRON   ENGLISH      ENVIRONMENT  ICQFF000

/* The above entry will cause an installation member named
/* ICQFF000 to be created.

ICQDESCRIBE  ENGLISH      FUNCTION

/* The above entry will cause an installation member named
/* ICQDESCR to be created.

ICQDESCRIBE  ENGLISH      PANEL

/* The above entry will cause an installation member named
/* ICQDES01 to be created because the default name, ICQDESCR
/* already exists.