Remove the clause from the definition and recompile.
The following example contains an illegal construction for the #name instance field:
valuetype-id StudentRecord. 01 #name string public VALUE "Mike Focus". *> remove the VALUE clause 01 gpa float-short public. method-id new. procedure division using by value nam as string, gpa as float-short. set #name to nam set self::"gpa" to gpa end method. end valuetype.