gtps4m22System Generation

FACE Driver and Offline Interface

TPF provides an offline (MVS) program, DFAD, as an aid to the user in managing the unique TPF database. It has two functions:

  1. Provide a facility that will list all record type and ordinal number combinations of fixed file records along with their associated file addresses.
  2. Provide a bridge between user written offline programs and TPF's FACE program and FACE table in order that these programs can dynamically determine the file address of a record given its record type and ordinal number.

Information about how to use this program may be found in the TPF Database Reference.