The Create MI Program  command creates a program from MI  source.  This
provides a simpler interface than the QPRCRTPG API.

A typical command would be:

             CRTMIPGM    PGM(lll/ppp) SRCFILE(QMISRC)

The source member with the same name as the program would be used.

The object is created with a type of *PGM and no attribute.

To  understand  the  basics  of  MI  programming, see  the  System  API
Programming manual.

Each source statement is compressed.  The following are eliminated:

       - Comments
       - Leading blanks
       - Excess separator characters (more than 1)
       - Ending blanks

and  the  remaining  statement is  placed  in  a work  area  of 524,288
bytes.  It cannot be  easily determined how many source  statements can
be held  in the work area.   If the average  source statement contained
40  bytes, a maximum of 13,100 statements  could be handled in the work
area.  If this area is exceeded, an escape message is issued.

Source files  up  to  112  bytes  in length  (100  bytes  of  data  are
supported)

The CRTMIPGM  supports additional  parameters which  are not  displayed
when the initial prompt appears.

Command parameters                                    *CMD
------------------

   PGM           The  qualified  name  of the  program  to  be created.
                 The library value defaults to *CURLIB.

   SRCFILE       The qualified  name of  the source  file to  be  used.
                 The default is  QMISRC using *LIBL.  *CURLIB  may also
                 be specified.

   SRCMBR        The source  member which contains the MI  source.  The
                 default  is *PGM  meaning to use  the name  in the PGM
                 parameter.

   TEXT          The text to be  assigned to the program.   The default
                 is  *SRCMBRTXT which  means to  use the  same  text as
                 assigned to the source member.

                 A specific text description may also be entered.

   OPTION        The  options to be taken when  the program is created.
                 See the  QPRCRTPG  API for  a  full discussion.    The
                 defaults  are  the  same  as  described  for  the  API
                 except for:

                  - *LIST is the default instead of *NOLIST
                  - *REPLACE is the default instead of *NOREPLACE

                 You  may leave  the parameter  blank  to take  all the
                 defaults or specify  one of the  opposing values  such
                 as *NOLIST, *NOATR, etc.

                 The  command  prompt   describes  all  of   the  valid
                 values.   You must ensure  that conflicting statements
                 such as OPTION(*LIST *NOLIST) are not specified.

   AUT           The  authorization  assigned  to  the  program.    The
                 default  is *LIBCRTAUT  meaning  to  use  the  default
                 create  authority specified  for the  library.   *ALL,
                 *CHANGE, *USE, and *EXCLUDE may also be specified.

Restrictions
------------

See  the  previous comments  about how  many  source statements  may be
entered.

Prerequisites
-------------

The following TAA Tools must be on your system:

     EXTLST          Extract list
     HLRMVMSG        HLL Remove message
     SNDCOMPMSG      Send completion message
     SNDESCMSG       Send escape message
     SNDSTSMSG       Send status message

Implementation
--------------

None, the tool is ready to use.

Objects used by the tool
------------------------

   Object        Type    Attribute      Src member    Src file
   ------        ----    ---------      ----------    ----------

   CRTMIPGM      *CMD                   TAAPGMU       QATTCMD
   TAAPGMUC      *PGM       CLP         TAAPGMUC      QATTCL
   TAAPGMUR      *PGM       RPG         TAAPGMUR      QATTRPG