DDS syntax for an intersystem communications function file

This is the syntax for an intersystem communications function (ICF) file.

Syntax for an ICF File. An illustration of a DDS coding form that describes an ICF file.
1
Comments (optional): Comments can appear on any line in DDS. They are identified by an asterisk in position 7.
2
File level (optional): File-level keywords appear before the first record format name (RECORDA on line 00040).
3
Record level (at least one required): R in position 17 identifies RECORDA as a record format name. The record level continues until the first field is specified.
4
Field level (optional): ICF file fields must have at least a name (as in FIELDA) and a length. Other attributes can be specified explicitly or by default.
Notes:
  1. Items 3 and 4 can be repeated to specify new record formats within the ICF file.
  2. See Positional entries for ICF files for a description of each of the columns shown in the figure.