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Invoking Create, Order or Force New Tables Using Program

The CTMBLT control statements can be specified in a sequential file pointed to by the DAAPI DD statement, or in an in-core table containing the control statements as 80-byte card images. The first control statement must be the character string 'BLT', beginning in column 1, to indicate that the statements that follow are input for CTMBLT. The rest of the control statements must conform to the usual CTMBLT syntax.

For a full description of the CTMBLT parameters and how to specify whether the tables should be optionally ordered or forced, see the description of the CTMBLT utility in the INCONTROL for z/OS Utilities Guide.

The SYSPRINT DD statement must be pre-allocated to the step. The output of CTMAPI is written to this file. A return code is returned in register R15. A full list of valid return codes is provided in Order or Force Return Codes. When M is specified in the CTMBLT control parameter OPTION, appropriate messages (BLT89AI) are issued to the job log for each table that is created.

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