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Directive: MS
Definition: IBM COBOL V1.0 and MS COBOL up to V2.2
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| Features | When Introduced | Effect of | Status |
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| ACCEPT/DISPLAYs all treated as | 1.3 | C | |
| full screen | | | |
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| ACCEPT/DISPLAY non-scrolling data | 1.3 | G | |
| item enhanced | | | |
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| ACCEPT/DISPLAY screen item | 1.3 | R | |
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| ACCEPT/DISPLAY position defaults | 1.3 | C | |
| to cursor pos | | | |
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| ACCEPT: ON ESCAPE | 1.3 | | |
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| ASSIGN: DISK as external file-name | 1.3 | | |
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| AUTO clause/option | 1.3 | R | |
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| BACKGROUND-COLOR clause/option | 1.3 | R | |
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| BELL clause/option | 1.3 | R | |
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| BLANK LINE/SCREEN clause | 1.3 | R | |
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| BLANK WHEN ZERO clause in Screen | 1.3 | R | |
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Table 23-0. (cont.)
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| Features | When Introduced | Effect of | Status |
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| BLINK clause/option | 1.3 | R | |
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| CHAIN to run-unit | 1.3 | R | |
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| CHAINING synonymous with USING in | 1.3 | R | |
| PROC DIV header | | | |
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| COL special register | 1.3 | C | |
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| COL reserved word not available | 1.3 | C | |
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| COLUMN clause | 1.3 | R | |
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| Color Handling | 1.3 | G | |
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| Color integers above 7 | 1.3 | | |
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| Compatibility with IBM (MS) COBOL | 1.3 | G | |
| for the IBM PC | | | |
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| Compatibility with Microsoft COBOL | 1.3 | G | |
| V1.0 | | | |
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| Compatibility with Microsoft COBOL | 2.1 | | G |
| V2.0 | | | |
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| EMPTY-CHECK clause/option | 1.3 | R | |
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| ENTER statement | LII | R | D |
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| ERASE in Format 3 DISPLAY | 1.3 | R | |
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| EXHIBIT with position-spec | 1.3 | | |
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| FOREGROUND-COLOR clause/option | 1.3 | R | |
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| FULL clause/option | 1.3 | R | |
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| Format 3 ACC displays initial | 1.3 | C | |
| spaces unless UPDATE | | | |
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| Format 3 ACCEPT: prompt even if no | 1.3 | C | |
| PROMPT clause | | | |
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| Full stops are optional after data | 2.1 | | |
| descriptions | | | |
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| HIGHLIGHT clause/option | 1.3 | R | |
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| Index is 2 bytes COMP-X | 1.3 | | I |
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| Index can be set by other than SET | LII | | |
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| JUSTIFIED clause in Screen Section | 1.3 | R | |
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| LEFT-JUSTIFY option | 1.3 | R | |
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| LENGTH-CHECK clause/option | 1.3 | R | |
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| Features | When Introduced | Effect of | Status |
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| LENGTH-CHECK causes EMPTY-CHECK | 1.3 | C | |
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| LIN special register | 1.3 | C | |
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| LINE clause in Screen Section | 1.3 | R | |
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| MODE IS BLOCK automatic(ACC/DIS | 1.3 | C | |
| group in one go) | | | |
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| NO-ECHO clause/option | 1.3 | R | |
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| OPEN: LOCKING clause | 2.1 | R | |
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| PERFORM behavior as in RM and MS | 2.0 | | I |
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| PICTURE clause in Screen Section | 1.3 | R | |
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| PRINTER IS clause in Special-names | 1.3 | R | |
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| PROMPT clause/option | 1.3 | R | |
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| Periods are optional after data | 2.1 | | |
| descriptions | | | |
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| Position-spec in Format 3 ACC and | 1.3 | | |
| DIS | | | |
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| READ: WAIT phrase | 2.1 | R | D |
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| READY TRACE statement | 1.3 | R | I |
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| RECORD KEY: split keys | 1.3 | R | |
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| REQUIRED clause/option | 1.3 | R | |
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| RESET TRACE statement | 1.3 | R | I |
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| REVERSE-VIDEO clause/option 1.3 | R | | |
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| RIGHT-JUSTIFY | 1.3 | R | |
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| SECURE clause/option | 1.3 | R | |
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| SELECT: LOCKING clause | 2.1 | R | |
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| SPACE-FILL option | 1.3 | R | |
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| START: LOCKING clause | 2.1 | R | D |
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| Screen Section | 1.3 | R | |
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| Switch-names SWITCH 0 to SWITCH 7 | LII | | |
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| Switch-name SWITCH 8 | 1.3 | | |
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| Switch-names SWITCH-0 to SWITCH-8 | 1.3 | | |
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| TRAILING-SIGN option | 1.3 | R | |
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Table 23-0. (cont.)
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| Features | When Introduced | Effect of | Status |
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| Turning reserved words for MS | 2.1 | | |
| dialects on/off | | | |
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| UNDERLINE clause/option | 1.3 | R | |
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| UNLOCK statement | LII | R | |
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| UPDATE option | 1.3 | R | |
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| USAGE COMP means USAGE DISPLAY | 1.3 | C | |
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| USAGE COMPUTATIONAL-0/ COMP-0 | 1.3 | R | |
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| USAGE COMPUTATIONAL-3/ COMP-3 | LII | R | |
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| USAGE COMPUTATIONAL-4/ COMP-4 (ie, | 2.1R | | |
| 4-byte binary) | | | |
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| VALUE OF FILE-ID clause | 1.3 | R | |
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| VALUE clause in the Screen Section | 1.3 | | |
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| WITH phrase in ACCEPT/DISPLAY | 1.3 | | |
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| ZERO-FILL clause/option with | 1.3 | R | |
| nonnumeric items | | | |
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