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Components

The following are the components in the CA IPC:

Virtual Library System (VLS)

A library access method that stores panels, message members, control blocks, and user programs.

Virtual Processing Environment (VPE)

Allows your products to 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.

The following products use components in CA IPC:

Important! A previous version of VPE had been delivered with CA Common Services for z/OS. To ensure that the correct code is accessed, concatenate the CA IPC library before the CA Common Services target load library in your batch and CICS JCL.