Output message formatting

IMS supports the following MFS output message formatting, physical and logical paging, and requirements for output devices.

Output messages accepted by MFS
Whether an output message is processed by IMS TM basic edit or MFS depends on the device type, the device definition, and the message being processed.
How MFS formats output messages
Output messages processed by MFS are formatted based on the contents of two MFS control blocks: the message output descriptor (MOD) and the device output format (DOF).

Parent topic: MFS message formatting functions