You can code more than one tag in a parameter file. The figure below shows the format of the parameter file.

Figure 4-5 Parameter file format

A tag consists of two or more statements. In a statement, parameters that represent settings are coded on the left-hand side and the corresponding settings are coded on the right-hand side.

The following are the rules for creating a parameter file and notes that you need to observe when creating it:

• Only one statement can be coded per line.
• A statement cannot extend from one line to another.
• Curly brackets ({}) can be used only to delimit data.
• The maximum allowable length of a line is 4,096 bytes.
• When coding a comment, place an * at the beginning of the comment. Blank lines and any lines consisting of a comment only are ignored.
• Any tag name must be coded in uppercase alphabetic characters and the character _. Parameter names must be coded in lowercase alphabetic characters and the character _.
• You can code tags in any order per parameter file. Tag names must all be distinct, or a file-format error (return code 1) may result.
• The JOB_DESTINATION tag and the JOB_DESTINATION_ID tags are mutually exclusive.
• If the SCRIPTS tag is specified, the dcmpack command ignores any values that are specified in the SOFTWARE_CONDITIONS, USER_PROGRAM_INSTALLATION_CONDITIONS, or SYSTEM_CONDITIONS tag.