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Directive: MS
Definition: IBM COBOL V.10 and MS COBOL up to V2.2
Feature When Intro- Effect of Status
duced Directive
ACCEPT/DISPLAYs all treated as full 1.3 C
screen
ACCEPT/DISPLAY non-scrolling data item 1.3 G
enhanced
ACCEPT/DISPLAY screen item 1.3 R
ACCEPT/DISPLAY position defaults to 1.3 C
cursor pos
ACCEPT: ON ESCAPE 1.3 -
ASSIGN: DISK as external file-name 1.3 -
Feature When Intro- Effect of Status
duced Directive
AUTO clause/option 1.3 R
BACKGROUND-COLOR clause/option 1.3 R
BELL clause/option 1.3 R
BLANK LINE/SCREEN clause 1.3 R
BLANK WHEN ZERO clause in Screen 1.3 R
Section
BLINK clause/option 1.3 R
CHAIN to run-unit 1.3 R
CHAINING synonymous with USING in PROC 1.3 R
DIV header
COL special register 1.3 C
COL reserved word not available 1.3 C
COLUMN clause 1.3 R
Color Handling 1.3 G
Color integers above 7 1.3 -
Compatibility with IBM (MS) COBOL for 1.3 G
the IBM PC
Compatibility with Microsoft COBOL 1.3 G
V1.0
Compatibility with Microsoft COBOL 2.1 G
V2.0
EMPTY-CHECK clause/option 1.3 R
ENTER statement LII R D
ERASE in Format 3 DISPLAY 1.3 R
EXHIBIT with position-spec 1.3 -
FOREGROUND-COLOR clause/option 1.3 R
FULL clause/option 1.3 R
Format 3 ACC displays initial spaces 1.3 C
unless UPDATE
Format 3 ACCEPT: prompt even if no 1.3 C
PROMPT clause
Full stops are optional after data 2.1 -
descriptions
HIGHLIGHT clause/option 1.3 R
Index is 2 bytes COMP-X 1.3 I
Index can be set by other than SET LII -
JUSTIFIED clause in Screen Section 1.3 R
LEFT-JUSTIFY option 1.3 R
LENGTH-CHECK clause/option 1.3 R
Feature When Intro- Effect of Status
duced Directive
LENGTH-CHECK causes EMPTY-CHECK 1.3 C
LIN special register 1.3 C
LINE clause in Screen Section 1.3 R
MODE IS BLOCK automatic (ACC/DIS group 1.3 C
in one go)
NO-ECHO clause/option 1.3 R
OPEN: LOCKING clause 2.1 R
PERFORM behavior as in RM and MS 2.0 - I
PICTURE clause in Screen Section 1.3 R
PRINTER IS clause in Special-names 1.3 R
PROMPT clause/option 1.3 R
Periods are optional after data 2.1 -
descriptions
Position-spec in Format 3 ACC and DIS 1.3 -
READ: WAIT phrase 2.1 R D
READY TRACE statement 1.3 R I
RECORD KEY: split keys 1.3 R
REQUIRED clause/option 1.3 R
RESET TRACE statement 1.3 R I
REVERSE-VIDEO clause/option 1.3 R
RIGHT-JUSTIFY 1.3 R
SECURE clause/option 1.3 R
SELECT: LOCKING clause 2.1 R
SPACE-FILL option 1.3 R
START: LOCKING clause 2.1 R D
Screen Section 1.3 R
Switch-names SWITCH 0 to SWITCH 7 LII -
Switch-name SWITCH 8 1.3 -
Switch-names SWITCH-0 to SWITCH-8 1.3 -
TRAILING-SIGN option 1.3 R
Turning reserved words for MS dialects 2.1 -
on/off
UNDERLINE clause/option 1.3 R
UNLOCK statement LII R
UPDATE option 1.3 R
USAGE COMP means USAGE DISPLAY 1.3 C
Feature When Intro- Effect of Status
duced Directive
USAGE COMPUTATIONAL-0/ COMP-0 1.3 R
USAGE COMPUTATIONAL-3/ COMP-3 LII R
USAGE COMPUTATIONAL-4/ COMP-4 (ie, 2.1 R
4-byte binary)
VALUE OF FILE-ID clause 1.3 R
VALUE clause in the Screen Section 1.3 -
WITH phrase in ACCEPT/DISPLAY 1.3 -
ZERO-FILL clause/option with 1.3 R
nonnumeric items