DDS for ICF files

You can use data description specifications (DDS) to define intersystem communications function (ICF) files. This topic collection provides the information you need to code the positional and keyword entries that define these files.

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• Define an ICF file using DDS
  Here are some rules and examples for filling in positions 1 through 44 of the data description specifications (DDS) form.
• 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.
• DBCS considerations for ICF files
  Read about the bracketed-DBCS (double-byte character set) considerations for positional entries for ICF files, along with general considerations.