ACCEPTREFRESH

Specifies whether the data areas associated with Screen Section data are updated from their corresponding Working-Storage Section items before an ACCEPT statement.

Note: This directive is supported for native COBOL only.

Syntax:

>>-.---.-.----.--ACCEPTREFRESH-------------><
   +-/-+ +-NO-+

Parameters:

None

Properties:

Default:	NOACCEPTREFRESH
Phase:	Syntax check
$SET:	Initial

Dependencies:

Set to ACCEPTREFRESH immediately by MS, IBM-MS or PC1.

Comments:

With ACCEPTREFRESH specified, before an ACCEPT statement that references a Screen Section data item, all data areas associated with Screen Section items subsidiary to the item being accepted are modified as follows:

If the Screen Section item includes the USING phrase, an implicit MOVE is generated from the corresponding Working-Storage Section item
If the Screen Section item includes the TO phrase the data area is initialized to spaces.

With NOACCEPTREFRESH specified, the Screen Section data area is left as it was following the last ACCEPT or DISPLAY.