DDS keyword entries for ICF files (positions 45 through 80)

These topics contain the keyword entries that you can specify when you define ICF files.

The keyword entries are typed in positions 45 through 80 (functions). Be sure to follow the rules for DDS keywords and parameter values.

• ALIAS (Alternative Name) keyword for ICF files
  Use this field-level keyword to specify an alternative name for a field.
• ALWWRT (Allow Write) keyword for ICF files
  Use this file- or record-level keyword so that your program can indicate when it has finished sending data.
• CANCEL (Cancel) keyword for ICF files
  Use this file- or record-level keyword to cancel the current chain of data (group of records) that is being sent to the remote program.
• CNLINVITE (Cancel Invite) keyword for ICF files
  Use this file- or record-level keyword to cancel any valid invite operation for which no input has yet been received.
• CONFIRM (Confirm) keyword for ICF files
  Use this file- or record-level keyword to request that the remote program confirm that it received the data.
• CTLDTA (Control Data) keyword for ICF files
  Use this file- or record-level keyword to inform the remote program that control data is being sent.
• DETACH (Detach) keyword for ICF files
  Use this file- or record-level keyword to explicitly inform the remote program that your program is done sending data and wants to end the transaction.
• DFREVOKE (Defer Evoke) keyword for ICF files
  Use this file- or record-level keyword with the EVOKE keyword to delay an evoke request until either the send buffer is full of data or a FRCDTA keyword is received.
• ENDGRP (End of Group) keyword for ICF files
  Use this file- or record-level keyword so that your program can indicate the end of a user-defined group of records.
• EOS (End of Session) keyword for ICF files
  Use this file- or record-level keyword to specify an end of session function. To end a session, your program issues a write operation with the EOS keyword in effect.
• EVOKE (Evoke) keyword for ICF files
  Use this file- or record-level keyword to start a program on the remote system.
• FAIL (Fail) keyword for ICF files
  Use this file- or record-level keyword to inform the remote program that the data sent or received was not valid.
• FLTPCN (Floating-Point Precision) keyword for ICF files
  Use this field-level keyword to specify the precision of a floating-point field.
• FMH (Function Management Header) keyword for ICF files
  Use this file- or record-level keyword to inform the remote program that a function management header (FMH) is being sent.
• FMTNAME (Format Name) keyword for ICF files
  Use this file- or record-level keyword to specify that the record format name is to be sent to the remote program when your program issues an output operation.
• FRCDTA (Force Data) keyword for ICF files
  Use this record-level keyword to clear the buffer when there is no more data to send, without waiting for the buffer to become full.
• INDARA (Indicator Area) keyword for ICF files
  Use this file-level keyword to remove option and response indicators from the buffer or record area, and to place them in a 99-byte separate indicator area.
• INDTXT (Indicator Text) keyword for ICF files
  Use this file- or record-level keyword to associate descriptive text (indicating intent or use) with a specific response or option indicator.
• INVITE (Invite) keyword for ICF files
  Use this file- or record-level keyword to invite the program device for a later read.
• NEGRSP (Negative Response) keyword for ICF files
  Use this file- or record-level keyword to send a negative response to the remote program to indicate that your program detected an error in the data received.
• PRPCMT (Prepare for Commit) keyword for ICF files
  Use this record-level keyword to request that the remote program prepare for a synchronization point.
• RCVCANCEL (Receive Cancel) keyword for ICF files
  Use this file- or record-level keyword to set on a response indicator to inform your program that the remote program has sent a cancel request.
• RCVCONFIRM (Receive Confirm) keyword for ICF files
  Use this file- or record-level keyword to set on a response indicator if the data received by your program contains a confirmation request from the remote program.
• RCVCTLDTA (Receive Control Data) keyword for ICF files
  Use this file- or record-level keyword to set on a response indicator to inform your program that control data has been received.
• RCVDETACH (Receive Detach) keyword for ICF files
  Use this file- or record-level keyword to set on a response indicator if the remote program is ending the transaction.
• RCVENDGRP (Receive End of Group) keyword for ICF files
  Use this file- or record-level keyword to set on a response indicator to inform your program of the end of a user-defined group of records.
• RCVFAIL (Receive Fail) keyword for ICF files
  Use this file- or record-level keyword to set on a response indicator when the local program determines that the remote program has sent a fail indication.
• RCVFMH (Receive Function Management Header) keyword for ICF files
  Use this file- or record-level keyword to set on a response indicator to inform your program that a function management header has been received.
• RCVNEGRSP (Receive Negative Response) keyword for ICF files
  Use this file- or record-level keyword to set on a response indicator to inform your program that the remote program has sent a negative response.
• RCVROLLB (Receive Rollback Response Indicator) keyword for ICF files
  Use this file- or record-level keyword to indicate if a rollback operation has been received.
• RCVTKCMT (Receive Take Commit Response Indicator) keyword for ICF files
  Use this file- or record-level keyword to indicate if a take_commit request has been received.
• RCVTRNRND (Receive Turnaround) keyword for ICF files
  Use this file- or record-level keyword to set on a response indicator to inform your program that the sending program has stopped sending and has given the local program the right to send.
• RECID (Record Identification) keyword for ICF files
  Use this record-level keyword to allow your program to identify a record-by-record format when it issues a read-from-invited-devices operation using the name of the file.
• REF (Reference) keyword for ICF files
  Use this file-level keyword to specify the name of a file from which field descriptions are to be retrieved.
• REFFLD (Referenced Field) keyword for ICF files
  Use this field-level keyword when referring to a field under one of the several conditions.
• RQSWRT (Request Write) keyword for ICF files
  Use this file- or record-level keyword to request permission for your program to send data.
• RSPCONFIRM (Respond Confirm) keyword for ICF files
  Use this file- or record-level keyword to send a positive response to a received confirm request.
• SECURITY (Security) keyword for ICF files
  Use this file- and record-level keyword to include security information when your program starts a program on a remote system (see the EVOKE keyword).
• SUBDEV (Subdevice) keyword for ICF files
  Use this file- or record-level keyword to allow your program to request a specific subdevice (for example, a printer) to which transmitted data should be directed.
• SYNLVL (Synchronization Level) keyword for ICF files
  Use this file- and record-level keyword to specify the level of synchronization your program requires.
• TEXT (Text) keyword for ICF files
  Use this record- or field-level keyword to supply a text description (or comment) for the record format or field that is used for program documentation.
• TIMER (Timer) keyword for ICF files
  Use this record-level keyword to specify an interval of time for your program to wait before performing some specified function.
• TNSSYNLVL (Transaction Synchronization Level) keyword for ICF files
  Use this file- or record-level keyword to specify the transaction synchronization level (specified on the SYNLVL keyword) that is performed while issuing a write operation when a DETACH or ALWWRT keyword is specified.
• VARBUFMGT (Variable Buffer Management) keyword for ICF files
  Use this record-level keyword to send or receive multiple or partial records using one record format per output operation.
• VARLEN (Variable-Length User Data) keyword for ICF files
  Use this record-level keyword to indicate that the length of the record sent across the line is variable. The length is specified at run time in the field parameter.