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Shipped System Files (*)

Each model contains a number of CA 2E system files, fields, and functions. The names of all CA 2E objects begin with an asterisk (*). Shipped system objects include:

• *Built-in functions—The CA 2E file to which all built-in functions are attached.
• *Field attribute types—The CA 2E file to which all field data types, such as DTE, CDE, or TXT, attach. You can add user-defined data types to this file. The validation functions for user-defined data types are attached to this file.
• *Job data—A CA 2E file that provides access to job status data, such as job date and user profile name, for use in CA 2E functions. The *Job data shipped file contains system fields that supply execution time information about the job, such as the user name, the job name, or the job start time. The *Job data file contents are fixed. You cannot add fields to this file.

  You can use fields in the JOB context only for input to other functions. You cannot change these fields.

  The JOB context is available in the action diagram of all function types.

• *Messages—The CA 2E file to which all message functions attach.CA 2E is shipped with a number of commonly required messages.
• *Program data—A CA 2E file that provides access to program status data, such as *Program mode and *Return code, for use in CA 2E functions. The *Program data shipped file contains CA 2E system fields that control the execution of a CA 2E function, such as the *Program mode. The *Program data file contents are fixed. You cannot add fields to this file.

  The PGM context is available in the action diagram of all function types.

• *Standard header/footer—A CA 2E file to which any functions defining headers, footers, windows, and action bars used by device functions attach. The file includes five default functions: four of type DFNSCRFMT to define panel design headers and one of type DFNRPTFMT to define report design headers.
• *Template—A CA 2E file that provides a method for defining a template for any standard function. A function based on this file is known as a template function.
• *Synon reserved program data—A CA 2E file that contains special fields for use in all function types.