This documentation is intended as a guide for working with DDF Builder. Topics include an overview of the utility, components that make up the graphical user interface, and tutorials to aide you when working with the various issues DDF Builder is designed to detect.

This manual provides information for users who use DDF Builder. The procedures described in this manual are considered advanced and require a certain amount of knowledge about the structure of your data, as well as some basic knowledge about the transactional and relational access methods.

Any specific concepts or methods that you may need to know are clearly stated in this manual, where appropriate. If you do not have an understanding of the suggested information, you should avoid using DDF Builder until the time when you may obtain that knowledge.

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