The Components in CA IPC

This release of the CA IPC consists of the following individual components:

Virtual Library System (VLS): A library access method that stores panels, message members, control blocks, and user programs.
Virtual Processing Environment (VPE): A facility that lets CA products run independent of the environment.
Session Control Facility (SCF): A task dispatcher that provides a variety of high-level services that process menus and PF keys and handle commands.
Print Sub-System (PSS): A set of routines that provides system and network printing services for a variety of products.
Panel Management Services (PMS): A set of services that acquires, sends, receives, manages, and processes panels built using PDF and the fields contained in the panels.
Panel Definition Facility (PDF): A facility that builds the user panels and applications that PMS manages and processes at run-time.
Editor Kernel (EDK): A text editing facility.

While installing the CA IPC, you can customize the installation to match your site's requirements. However, your site might have customization requirements that the installation process does not provide or you might need additional customization after you finish the installation.

The information in the customization chapters of this guide lets you refine the customization of your system after installation is complete to:

Change many SCF-based product options, such as the number of command lines or the maximum number of regions. See How to Set SCF Site and Session Options.
Modify the way print files at CA Ideal sites are managed or processed. See How to Set PSS Site and Session Options.
Avoid or resolve conflict between files that have the same name. For instructions on how to change the name of system files such as ADRLIB, ADRPNL, or ADROUT, see How to Change Default File Names.
Change static options, such as CA IPC program name prefixes. See How to Modify the SCF Static Options.
Avoid or resolve conflict between destination identifiers that have the same name. For instructions on how to change the name of ADRL or ADRT, see How to Change Default Destination Identifiers.
Describe files to VPE in a batch environment. See How to Modify the VPE File Tables
Define products or components to SCF. See How to Modify the SCF Transaction Table (SC00TRAN).
Respecify values such as the names and abbreviations of months and days or the conversion characters that translate special characters. See Chapter 4:.
Tailor output to system printers. See PSS Exit Routine.
Set up a Terminal Owning Region (TOR) with multiple Application Owning Regions (AORs). See How to Set Up SCF-based Products in an MRO Environment.