MFS device descriptor format and parameters

MFS device descriptors are used by the MFS Device Characteristics Table (MFSDCT) utility.

The MFSDCT utility updates screen information, for example 3270 screen sizes and feature information, in the DCT and generates new MFS default formats without system definition.

You use MFS device descriptors to define characteristics of terminals added dynamically that have different characteristics from statically defined terminals.

Related reading: See IMS Version 15.2 Database Utilities for more information about how to use the MFSDCT utility.

Syntax of the MFS device descriptor

Read syntax diagramSkip visual syntax diagramDdescnameFEAT= valueSIZE= valueTYPE= value

Keyword parameters of the MFS descriptor

The following list describes each element of an MFS device descriptor statement.

Except for the descriptor type, D, and the descriptor name, all keyword parameters are specified in columns 12 through 72.

D
Indicates that the descriptor type is MFS (device).
descname
The name of the descriptor.
FEAT=value
For a description of this parameter, see TERMINAL macro.
SIZE=value
For a description of this parameter, see TERMINAL macro.
TYPE=value
For a description of this parameter, see TERMINAL macro.

Example

An example of an MFS device descriptor is: 
Column      Column
1           12
D IMSTYP22  TYPE=3270-A04 SIZE=(43,80) FEAT=IGNORE