DG Table
Directive: DG
Definition: DG Interactive COBOL
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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 screen item | 1.3 | | |
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| ACCEPT: AT phrase enhanced with | 1.3 | | |
| LINE and COLUMN | | | |
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| ACCEPT: ON ESCAPE | 1.3 | | |
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| ACCEPT FROM ESCAPE KEY | 1.5 | | |
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| ACCEPT FROM EXCEPTION STATUS | 1.5 | | |
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| ACCEPT FROM LINE NUMBER | 1.5 | | |
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| ACCEPT FROM USER NAME | 1.5 | | |
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| ASSIGN: noise-word DISK before | 1.3 | | |
| external file-name | | | |
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| ASSIGN: DISK as external file-name | 1.3 | | |
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| ASSIGN: DISPLAY with external | 1.5 | | |
| file-name | | | |
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| ASSIGN: KEYBOARD with external | 1.3 | | |
| file-name | | | |
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| ASSIGN: PRINTER with external | 1.3 | | |
| file-name | | | |
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| ASSIGN: PRINTER-1 with external | 1.5 | | |
| file-name | | | |
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| AUTO clause/option | 1.3 | | |
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| Alternate keys; dups allowed when | 1.5 | C | |
| no DUP phrase | | | |
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Table 23-0. (cont.)
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| Features | When Introduced | Effect of | Status |
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| Alternate key can overlap primary | 1.5 | | |
| key | | | |
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| E BELL clause/option | 1.3 | | |
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| BLANK LINE/SCREEN clause | 1.3 | | |
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| BLANK WHEN ZERO clause in Screen | 1.3 | | |
| Section | | | |
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| BLINK clause/option | 1.3 | | |
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| CALL PROGRAM | 1.5 | | |
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| COLUMN clause | 1.3 | | |
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| COPY INDEXED | 1.5 | E | D |
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| Compatibility with DG Interactive | 1.5 | | G |
| COBOL | | | |
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| DISPLAY WITH NO ADVANCING | 1.1 | E | |
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| ENTER statement | LII | | D |
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| FULL clause/option | 1.3 | | |
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| INDEX SIZE and DATA SIZE | 1.5 | | D |
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| JUSTIFIED clause in Screen Section | 1.3 | | |
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| LINE clause in Screen Section | 1.3 | | |
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| MODE IS BLOCK automatic (ACC/DIS | 1.3 | C | |
| group in one go) | | | |
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| Multi-user default MANUAL, LOCK, | LII | C | |
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| MULTIPLE RECORDS | | | |
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| Multi-user files DG-style | 1.5 | G | |
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| OPEN EXCLUSIVE | LII | | |
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| PICTURE clause in Screen Section | 1.3 | | |
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| READ: LOCK phrase before INTO | LII | | |
| phrase | | | |
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| READ PREVIOUS | 1.3 | E | |
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| RECORDING MODE IS FIXED or | 1.5 | | D |
| VARIABLE | | | |
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| REQUIRED clause/option | 1.3 | | |
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| Relation condition with >= and <= | 1.1 | | |
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Table 23-0. (cont.)
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| Features | When Introduced | Effect of | Status |
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| SAME AREA treated as SAME RECORD | 1.5 | C | |
| AREA | | | |
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| SECURE clause/option | 1.3 | | |
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| START statement with >= | 1.3 | | |
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| Screen Section | 1.3 | | |
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| Switch-names SWITCH "A" to "Z" | 1.5 | | |
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| User-defined-name > 30 char (extra | 1.5 | E | |
| are documentary) | | | |
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| VALUE clause in the Screen Section | 1.3 | | |
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