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Customer-format files are files that do not follow the same layout as standard-format files (R, W, and T). Customer-format files can be P-type files or non-TPFDF files.
Non-TPFDF files are files that can use the TPFDF recoup and TPFDF capture/restore utility, information and statistics environment (CRUISE), but cannot use other TPFDF macros, commands, and functions to open, close, read, or do other operations on a file.
Notes:
This chapter contains examples of customer-format files that can be chain chased using the monitors that are provided with the TPFDF product. A monitor is specified using the CBV parameter on a DBDEF macro statement. If you have customer-format files that cannot be chain chased using the monitors that are provided with the TPFDF product, you can code your own monitor. See Forward Index Path Parameters for more information about the CBV parameter.