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The Architected Interface Facility by Beth Eikenbary Commercial Systems Division The Architected Interface Facility (HP36374A) is a group of services targeted for use by software suppliers and external solutions creators. These services allow easy and high performance access and manipulation of system processes and information. USING THE ARCHITECTED INTERFACE FACILITY The Architected Interface Facility gives software developers the means to optimize for MPE XL features and functions easily and realiably. The following table summarizes the features and benefits of the product. FEATURE BENEFIT Standardized interface Consistent access Task oriented interface Easy to use Direct access to internal functions and Higher performance data Shared data space Inter-application communication Supported HP product Reduced maintenance costs All MPE XL customers will benefit from software solutions using the Architected Interface Facility. Currently, much of the functionality available with this product can only be accomplished through use of unsupported Privilege Mode routines. By migrating to the Architected Interface Facility you will gain: * Increased system reliability * Smoother MPE XL release upgrades * Reduced support cost * More solutions available on MPE XL * Solutions optimized for MPE XL functionality SOFTWARE COMPONENTS The Architected Interface Facility provides information access to MPE XL table structures in the following areas: * Jobs/Sessions * Processes * Files * System Configuration * Accounting * Spoolfiles In addition to providing information access, both read and write to the above tables, the Architected Interface Facility also provides programmatic access to the Native Mode Spooler and Ports functionality.