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Micro Focus Visual COBOL 2.3 for Visual Studio 2015 > General Reference > Compiler Directives > Compiler Directives - Alphabetical List > OLDINDEX
Micro Focus Visual COBOL 2.3 for Visual Studio 2015 > General Reference > Compiler Directives > Run-time Behavior > Run-time Behavior - Compatibility with Older Micro Focus Products > OLDINDEX

OLDINDEX

Causes indexes to be compiled as 16-bit binary integer subscripts.

This limits the maximum number of occurrences that can be accessed with an index to 65535. Therefore, you should not use this directive when compiling any program that declares a table with more than 65535 occurrences.

Syntax:

>>-.---.-.----.--OLDINDEX------------------><
   +-/-+ +-NO-+

Parameters:

None

Properties:

Default: NOOLDINDEX
Phase: Syntax check
$SET: Initial

Dependencies:

NORM or DIALECT"RM" sets NOOLDINDEX immediately.

RM or RM"ANSI" sets OLDINDEX immediately.

Comments:

This directive is for compatibility with earlier products.

Parent topic: Run-time Behavior - Compatibility with Older Micro Focus Products
Parent topic: Compiler Directives - Alphabetical List
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