The following XFD directives are supported. For complete definitions of these directives, see XFD Directives.
XFD Directive | Brief Description |
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ALPHA | Allows you to treat a data item as alphanumeric text in the database, when it is declared as numeric in the COBOL program |
BINARY | Specifies that the data in the field could be alphanumeric data of any classification |
COBOL-TRIGGER | Tells Acu4GL that a COBOL trigger is to be executed |
COMMENT | Allows you to include comments in an XFD file |
DATE | Stores a field in the database as a date or time |
FILE | Supplies a starting name from which the XFD file name is formed |
NAME | Assigns a database field name to the field defined on the next line |
NUMERIC | Allows you to treat a data item as an unsigned integer when it is declared as alphanumeric |
SECONDARY_TABLE | Indicates that the next data item may be placed into a subordinate table |
USE GROUP | Allows you to enter a group item into the database as a single field |
VAR_LENGTH | Requests that the data item that immediately follows the XFD directive be assigned a type that implies variable length |
WHEN | Lets you include multiple record definitions or REDEFINES in a database table |
XSL | Allows you to include a stylesheet reference in the XML header |