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Overview
The ADIS module can be configured to change behavior in many areas. Full
details on ADIS are provided in Chapter 20 , ADIS. ADIS contains an
internal set of defaults which it will use unless an ADISCTRL file is
present. Configuration changes the ADISCTRL file, not the defaults
internal to ADIS.
ADISCTRL is the configuration database for the ADIS module. It can hold
up to a maximum of 16 configurations, any of which are available to you.
An entry at the start of the ADISCTRL file determines which configuration
ADIS uses.
The ADISCTRL file
contains all of the machine-independent information required by ADIS.
This includes:
* How ACCEPT and DISPLAY statements are to be executed
* The messages output by ADIS in response to errors
* Which keys are enabled or disabled.
You can alter any of the configurations held in the ADISCTRL database
using the configuration utility ADISCF. This program is designed around a
hierarchy of menus. These menus appear at the bottom of your screen and
list the options available to you at any time.
The ADISCTRL that is supplied with your COBOL system contains a number of
configurations that are set up to emulate different dialects
of COBOL.
Most of the time you will not need to do anything other than use ADISCF
to select which one of these configurations you wish to use (use the
Choose option on the main menu of ADISCF).
The configurations supplied with your COBOL system include:
* Default
Configuration
This is exactly the same as the configuration built into ADIS that
is used at run time if no ADISCTRL file is found. This provides
the standard mode of operation during execution of ACCEPT and
DISPLAY statements.
*
RM Compatibility
This configuration should be selected if your program was
originally written in RM/COBOL V2.0. This configuration provides
a very close emulation of the action of ACCEPT and DISPLAY
statements in RM COBOL.
*
DG ICOBOL Compatibility
This is provided to emulate the action of ACCEPT and DISPLAY
statements under Data General's ICOBOL.
*
IBM V1.0 Compatibility
This is provided to emulate IBM COBOL V1.0. It is not a close
emulation, especially in the action of ACCEPT operations into
numeric and numeric-edited fields.
*
Microsoft V2 Compatibility
This is provided to emulate Microsoft COBOL V2.2. It is not a
close emulation, especially in the action of ACCEPT operations
into numeric and numeric-edited fields.
If you do want to create your own configuration, we recommend that you do
not change any of the supplied configurations directly. Instead, you
should save the configuration you want to change under a different name
and make changes to that.
If you create a custom configuration ADISCTRL file, it must be accessible
to your program (in the current directory or the COBDIR directory) at run
time. If it is not, defaults will be used.