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Transfer File

Every time you invoke CA IDMS Schema Mapper, it produces a Transfer File that reflects the layout and format of the corresponding data structure diagram. The Transfer File contains parameter statements copied from the previous input.

The Transfer File always contains a PROCESS statement that specifies the schema or subschema to be represented by a diagram. It also contains LOCATE statements for all of the record blocks in the data structure diagram. CA IDMS Schema Mapper writes LOCATEs to the Transfer File for all of the record blocks that you do not manually LOCATE. The Transfer File can also contain OPTIONS, CHARDEF, DRECLINE, XRECLINE, DSETLINE, XSETLINE, and INCLUDE statements, if they were specified in the previous input.

The PROCESS, OPTIONS, CHARDEF, DRECLINE, XRECLINE, DSETLINE, XSETLINE, and INCLUDE statements are exactly the same as the corresponding statements in the preceding input. They are transferred (or copied) to the Transfer File without being modified by CA IDMS Schema Mapper.