ILUSING

Specifies the namespace for a class to be imported. This directive enables you to write just the class name in the program code, without its namespace, potentially making the code shorter and simpler.

Restriction: This directive is supported for managed COBOL only.

Syntax:

>>---.---ILUSING---"namespace"--.---><
     +-NOILUSING----------------+

Parameters:

namespace: The name of a namespace to be imported into the program.

Properties:

Default:	For the IDE default, see the selected namespaces in the project's properties. Click Project > Properties > ReferencesThe command line default is NOILUSING . Note: Specifying NOILUSING clears any settings that are in effect as a result of previous ILUSING directives.
IDE equivalent:	Click Project > Properties > References and use Add Namespace in the Imported Namespaces section.
$SET:	Initial.

Examples:

When referring to a class whose name begins with the specified namespace (or one of the specified namespaces if there are multiple ILUSING directives), the namespace may be omitted. For example:

01 d1 type System.DateTime.

Is equivalent to:

$set ilusing"System"
01 d1 type DateTime.

Note that the complete namespace must be specified in an ILUSING directive for it to be effective.

For example:

$set ilusing"System"
01 f1 type System.Windows.Forms.Form.   *> this is OK
01 f2 type Windows.Forms.Form.          *> this does not work

However, this does work:

$set ilusing"System.Windows.Forms"

01 f1 type Form.

Comments:

You can add this directive more than once, to add multiple namespaces to your programs.