ACCEPTREFRESH
Specifies whether the data areas associated with Screen Section data are updated from their corresponding Working-Storage Section items before an ACCEPT statement.
ACTUAL-PARAMS
Specifies actual parameters that are substituted for formal parameters in a parameterized class or interface.
ACUOPT
Enables you to set various options specifically for compilation of ACUCOBOL-GT applications.
ACU-COMMENT
Treats lines of code starting with a pipe (|) as comment lines.
ACUSYNC
Changes the effect of the SYNC clause so that it matches that used in ACU programs.
ACU-UNDERSCORE
Treats underscores in COBOL words as hyphens.
ADDRSV
Adds one or more specific reserved words to the reserved word list so that they are recognized as reserved words in your program. The specified reserved words are added, whatever dialect directives are in force.
ADDSYN
Defines a user-defined reserved word to be synonymous with an existing reserved word.
ADV
Causes a control character to be inserted at the start of each line in a print file. This is for compatibility with mainframe operation.
ALIGN
Specifies the memory boundaries on which data items of level-01 or level-77 are aligned.
ALPHASTART
Sets the number from which the Compiler counts positions in the collating sequence when compiling the ALPHABET clause.
AMODE
Provides support when performing arithmetic on mainframe-style pointers.
ANIM
Makes the Compiler produce extra information so that you can debug your program.
ANS85
Specifies that words reserved in the ANSI'85 COBOL Standard are to be treated as reserved words in this COBOL system, and changes the behavior of certain features to be compatible with that Standard.
APOST
Makes the Compiler interpret the figurative constant QUOTE as the single-quote character (').
AREACHECK
Causes the Compiler to treat any token which starts in area A in the Procedure Division as a paragraph or section label, regardless of the preceding tokens.
ARITH
Defines the maximum number of digits for numeric data items.
ARITHMETIC
Specifies how arithmetic expressions are to be evaluated.
ASSIGN
Specifies how to assign a filename when neither EXTERNAL nor DYNAMIC appear in the SELECT statement.
ASSIGN-PRINTER
Specifies how to assign the output from an ASSIGN TO PRINTER clause when the clause does not specify a filename.
AUTOLOCK
Makes the default locking AUTOMATIC rather than EXCLUSIVE for files opened for INPUT, I-O, or EXTEND in a multi-user environment.
BELL
Makes the bell sound at points such as when compilation stops, either because of an error or because it has finished.
BINLIT
Controls whether binary b"" literals are interpreted as numeric values, or Boolean values for use with PIC 1 data items.
BOUND
Specifies that subscript or index values are to be checked to ensure they are within the limits defined by their OCCURS clause.
BOUNDOPT
Optimizes the code generated for subscripts.
BRIEF
Enables the Compiler to produce only error numbers, and no message texts.
BS2000
Ensures that words reserved under the Siemens BS2000 COBOL dialect are reserved words in this COBOL system, and changes the behavior of certain features to be compatible with that COBOL dialect.
BWZSTAR
Determines whether the BLANK WHEN ZERO clause is allowed in the Data Division for those fields defined with the "*" PICTURE symbol.
BYTE-MODE-MOVE
Controls behavior for alphanumeric moves between overlapping data items.
CALL-RECOVERY
Specifies the behavior when control is returned to a program.
CALLFH
Makes the Compiler generate direct calls for all file I/O operations, using the Callable File Handler interface.
CALLMCS
This directive is reserved for internal use by this COBOL system. Because it might appear in the list of settings, it is included for completeness. It is not intended for your use, and its setting should not be changed.
CALLSORT
Defines the program to be called to handle all SORT and MERGE operations.
CANCEL
This directive may appear in source code supplied by Micro Focus. NOCANCEL stops sub-programs being canceled by the RTS for CANCEL and CHAIN statements and other circumstances when the main user application is canceled.
CANCELLBR
Makes the Compiler close an .lbr file used as a library in a COPY statement once that copy operation is complete.
CASE
Prevents external symbols (such as Program-ID and names of called programs) being converted to upper case.
CHANGE-MESSAGE
Changes the severity of errors/messages. Messages can also be suppressed or returned to their original severity.
CHARSET
Defines the character set of the environment.
CHECK
Turns on all run-time checks in generated code.
CHECKDIV
Controls the behavior of your program if it tries to divide by zero in a statement that has no ON SIZE ERROR phrase.
CHECKNUM
Checks whether numeric fields contain valid data before performing operations on them.
CHECKREFMOD
Turns on bounds checking for reference modification in managed COBOL.
CMPR2
Provides compatibility with the mainframe compiler option of the same name, which returns behavior of the COBOL 370, VS COBOL II version 3 and VS COBOL II version 4 compilers to that of the VS COBOL II version 2 compiler.
COBFSTATCONV
Causes the Callable File Handler to use the user-supplied module specified in the COBFSTATCONV environment variable to convert the file status codes if an I/O error is encountered on a file.
COBIDY
Specifies the path where the .idy file is to be written.
COBOL370
Specifies that words reserved in IBM COBOL/370 are to be treated as reserved words, and allows features selectively for compatibility with a given level of that product.
COBOLDIR
Specifies whether the Compiler should process the directives in a cobol.dir file or ignore it.
COLLECTION
Provides a mechanism for code coverage to identify unexecuted programs.
COMMAND-LINE-LINKAGE
Enables you to call a program and pass the command line to the main program as a parameter to be accessed via the Linkage Section.
COMP
Makes the compiler produce very compact and efficient code for some statements involving COMP data items, by treating COMP items as COMP-X or sets the representation meant by COMP usage in a data description entry.
COMP1
Specifies the behavior of a COMP-1 data item.
COMP2
Specifies the behavior of a COMP-2 data item.
COMP-5
Specifies whether the sign is to be dropped when a value is stored in an unsigned COMP-5 data item.
COMP-6
Specifies whether COMP-6 data is to be held in binary or packed decimal format, or emulates ACUCOBOL-GT or RM/COBOL COMP-6 behavior.
COMS85
Allows your program to contain syntax introduced in the Communications Module of the ANSI'85 COBOL Standard.
CONFIRM
Makes the Compiler echo all subsequent directives to the screen.
CONSTANT
Declares a constant for use in the program.
CONVERTRET (deprecated)
Causes COMP and COMP-X items specified in CALL ... RETURNING and EXIT PROGRAM ... RETURNING phrases to be converted to COMP-5.
CONVSPACE
Converts double-byte space characters in COBOL source files to single-byte spaces on input.
COPYEXT
Specifies the filename extension of the copybook that the Compiler is to look for if a filename in a COPY statement is specified without an extension.
COPYLBR
Makes the Compiler treat the library specified in a COPY statement as an .lbr file.
COPYLIST
Makes the Compiler list the contents of files named in COPY statements.
COPYLISTCOMMENT
Specifies the type of comment to be used on COPY statements in .lst files when the COPYLIST directive is specified.
COPYPATH
Specifies a list of directories for the Compiler to search for copy files.
CSI
This directive is reserved for internal use by this COBOL system. Because it might appear in the list of settings, it is included for completeness. It is not intended for your use, and its setting should not be changed.
CURRENCY-SIGN
Specifies the currency sign to be recognized in the PICTURE clause.
CURRENT-DATE
Specifies the format of the date stored in the CURRENT-DATE special register.
DATA
Enables AMODE"24" programs to access pointers to Data Division items passed to them by AMODE"31" programs.
DATACOMPRESS
Specifies the type of data compression to be done on sequential and indexed files.
DATA-CONTEXT
Enables you to specify how a program's Data Division is to be maintained between CICS link levels.
DATAMAP
Causes the Compiler to output information on data items.
DATE
Puts the date in the Date-Compiled paragraph and at the top of each page of the listing.
DB2
Causes EXEC SQL statements in your program to be replaced with DB2 LUW API calls.
DBCHECK
Makes the Compiler check that any Double-byte Character Set (DBCS) literals only contain valid 16-bit DBCS characters.
DBCS
Makes the Compiler accept characters of the Double-byte Character Set (DBCS) for use in ideographic languages such as Japanese, Chinese and Korean.
DBCSSOSI
Defines the two characters used as the shift-out and shift-in delimiters in DBCS literals.
DBSPACE
Makes the Compiler interpret the figurative constant SPACE, when used as a DBCS figurative constant, as the double-byte space character supplied by the system.
DE-EDIT
Specifies the behavior of de-editing moves from numeric-edited items to other numeric-edited items or to numeric items.
DEFAULTBYTE
Initializes each otherwise undefined byte of the Working-Storage Section to the character given.
DEFAULTCALLS
Specifies the default calling convention.
DETECT-LOCK
Makes READ statements detect when a record is locked by another program.
DG
Changes the behavior of certain features to be compatible with Data General Interactive COBOL rev 1.30.
DIALECT
Enables check-time and run-time behavior consistent with the specified dialect.
DIRECTIVES, DIR
Makes the Compiler read directives from a file.
DIRECTIVES-IN-COMMENTS
Makes the Compiler process $SET statements held in comment lines.
DISPLAY
Defines the default behavior of standard DISPLAY statements.
DOSVS
Specifies that words reserved in IBM DOS/VS COBOL are to be treated as reserved words.
DPC-IN-SUBSCRIPT
Turns on or off DECIMAL-POINT IS COMMA when processing subscripts.
DYNAM
Specifies that CANCEL statements are not to be ignored.
EBC-COL-SEQ
Determines the EBCDIC collating sequence activated by the NATIVE"EBCDIC" option.
ECHO
Makes the Compiler display error lines and error messages on the screen.
ECHOALL
Sends a full listing to the screen as well as to a printer or other device specified with the LIST or PRINT directive.
ENTCOBOL
Specifies that words reserved in IBM Enterprise COBOL for z/OS and OS/390 are to be treated as reserved words..
EOF-1A
Treats a 0x1a character in the source file as the end of file.
ERRFORMAT
Specifies the type of error message format to be used for command-line compilations and to appear in the list file.
ERRLIST
Specifies the format of error messages in a list file.
ERRQ
Enables the Compiler to prompt you to stop compiling each time it gives an error message.
EXITPROGRAM
Determines how the EXIT PROGRAM statement is executed.
FASTCALL
Controls the behavior of a called program. If FASTCALL is specified, the program does not set up information to allow it to determine whether it is a main program. The program always assumes that it is not a main program, and EXIT PROGRAM will always cause an exit to the calling program.
FASTINIT
Turns on fast INITIALIZE of tables. FASTINIT renders as undefined any table contents that a normal INITIALIZE statement would not change.
FASTLINK
Tells the Compiler that the parameters in the USING clauses of the Procedure Division statement and each ENTRY statement conform to certain restrictions. This enables it to produce faster code.
FASTSORT
This directive is reserved for internal use by this COBOL system. Because it might appear in the list of settings, it is included for completeness. It is not intended for your use, and its setting should not be changed.
FCD3
This directive is reserved for internal use by this COBOL system. Because it might appear in the list of settings, it is included for completeness. It is not intended for your use, and its setting should not be changed.
FCDALIGN
Ensures the memory boundaries of the file control descriptions (FCDs) associated with SYSIN, SYSOUT and SYSPUNCH files are aligned in the same way as other FCDs and internal structures.
FCDCAT
Specifies whether the catalogued file information for a file is used when accessing that file.
FDCLEAR
Specifies that the record buffer for a file should be cleared after every write operation.
FCDREG
Makes the Compiler define special registers giving access to File Control Descriptions (FCD) and Key Definition Blocks.
FILESHARE
Causes the default locking to become AUTOMATIC rather than EXCLUSIVE for files in a multi-user environment, and automatically locks records on a WRITE or REWRITE statement when the program is locking multiple records.
FILETYPE
Specifies the file format to use when creating files.
FIXOPT
Changes the way in which generated code accesses the Data Division in object (.obj) code.
FLAG
Makes the Compiler produce language-level certification flags when it finds syntax that is not part of a specified dialect of COBOL.
FLAGAS
Makes the Compiler output flagging messages as error messages, warning messages or informational messages.
FLAGEUC
Flags occurences of SBCS (8-bit codes) and certain occurences of DBCS (16-bit codes) in the source code.
FLAGMIG
Causes the Compiler to flag any syntax that behaves differently at run time depending on the setting of CMPR2.
FLAGQ
Enables the Compiler prompt you to stop compiling each time it gives a flagging message.
FLAGSINEDIT
Specifies whether flagging messages are to be included in an error file.
FLAGSTD
Makes the Compiler produce language-level certification flags when it finds syntax that is not part of a specified level of the ANSI'85 Standard.
FOLD-CALL-NAME
Folds the identifier/literal associated with CALL, CANCEL, ENTRY, and CHAIN statements and the program-name in the PROGRAM-ID paragraph to upper or lower case.
FOLD-COPY-NAME
Determines whether copybook names should be converted to upper case or lower case.
FORM
Specifies the number of lines on each page of the listing.
FP-ROUNDING
Determines whether one floating-point receiving item can affect the results of other, nonfloating-point receiving items.
GNT
Specifies the name of the generated code file.
HIDE-MESSAGE
Registers an error message to hide so that if the error is encountered, it is ignored.
HOSTARITHMETIC
Controls whether or not decimal truncation of arithmetic results occurs following a size error condition.
HOSTCONTZERO
For files defined with the RECORD CONTAINS"0" clause, this directive instructs the File Handler to take the record length from the catalog rather than the file description entry.
HOSTFD
Specifies that the record area associated with a file should only be allocated at the time of an OPEN statement and not before.
HOST-NUMCOMPARE
Controls the operation of comparisons between integer numeric data items of USAGE DISPLAY and alphanumeric literals, figurative constants, or numeric operands.
HOST-NUMMOVE
Ensures that run-time error 163 (illegal characters in numeric fields) does not occur when certain MOVE statements are executed on numeric display data items or numeric operands.
HOSTRW
Causes Report Writer to produce mainframe print files with the full range of ASA characters.
IBM-MS
Specifies that words reserved in IBM COBOL V1.00 are to be regarded as reserved words, and changes the behavior of certain features to be compatible with that COBOL system.
IGNOREEXEC
Specifies that procedural EXEC statements are to be treated as documentary only.
ILARRAYPROPERTY
Controls the way in which the Compiler generates code for data items that include the PROPERTY phrase, and which either include the OCCURS phrase or are subsidiary to a group item with the OCCURS clause.
ILASSEMBLY
Specifies the name of the assembly created.
ILCLR
Allows a managed program to be compiled for Microsoft's Common Language Runtime (CLR) version 2.0 or 4.0.
ILCOMPANY
Defines the company name custom attribute in the assembly manifest.
ILCOPYRIGHT
Defines the copyright custom attribute in the assembly manifest.
ILCULTURE
Defines the culture custom attribute in the assembly manifest.
ILCUTPREFIX
Removes a specified prefix from the names of the COBOL data items in your source code.
ILDELAYSIGN
Indicates whether to reserve space in the assembly for the strong name signature, or to defer the actual signing until later.
ILDESCRIPTION
Defines the description attribute in the assembly manifest.
ILDOC
Generates documentation in xml format using comments in the code, and puts the documentation in the specified file.
ILDYNCALL
Specifies that CALL literal statements are resolved at run time rather than being resolved at compile time.
ILEXPONENTIATION
Enables you to optimize exponential arithmetic operations by specifying the calculation method used.
ILFILEVERSION
Instructs the compiler to use a specific version number for the Win32 file version.
ILGEN
Generates the IL for a program with a main program entry point or for a library without one.
ILICON
Adds the specified icon to the output program.
ILKEYFILE
Specifies a key file, which contains a key or public/private key pair for strong naming an assembly.
ILKEYNAME
Specifies the container of a key or key pair that has been installed in the Crypto Service Provider (CSP).
ILMAIN
Specifies the entry method for the executable program being compiled.
ILMANIFEST
Selects a manifest generation option when the application runs on Windows Vista under User Account Control (UAC).
ILNAMESPACE
Specifies the default namespace for items such as classes when building a project.
ILNATIVE
Exposes COBOL 01 level data items as managed primitives where possible.
ILNATIVERESOURCE
The resource file you specify will be included in the resulting output file.
ILOBJECTIFY (deprecated)
ILOBJECTIFY is deprecated, and supported for backward compatibility only.
ILOPTIMIZEDATA
Causes the Compiler to optimize any numeric data item to a native managed type (typically a 32-bit or 64-bit integer) when it determines that it is safe to do so.
ILOUTPUT
Sets the path of the output assembly file or Java class file.
ILPARAMS
Determines the way in which you call a method that contains an array as its last receiving parameter.
ILPINVOKE
Makes the specified unmanaged code available, so that the entry points in the unmanaged code are available to the program being compiled.
ILPRODUCT
Defines the product name custom attribute in the assembly manifest.
ILPRODUCTVERSION
Instructs the compiler to use a specific version number for the Win32 product file version.
ILREF This directive permits the definition of extension methods and extension operators that are outside of the current compilation unit.
ILRESOURCE
Specifies a resource file to embed in the assembly file when it is culture neutral.
ILSHOWPERFORMOVERLAP
Generates a warning when an overlapping PERFORM range is detected in the program.
ILSMARTLINKAGE
Exposes the linkage section and entry points to managed code by creating types.
ILSMARTNEST
Use in conjunction with ILSMARTLINKAGE, to expose the Linkage Section items and entry points to managed code as nested classes of the program class in which they are defined.
ILSMARTRESTRICT
Limits the generation of properties in ILSMARTLINKAGE classes to non-redefining elementary items.
ILSMARTSERIAL
Use in conjunction with ILSMARTLINKAGE. Makes the classes generated with ILSMARTLINKAGE serializable.
ILSOURCE
Specifies an additional COBOL source file to be compiled together with the current program into a single .NET assembly or Java class file.
ILSTACKSIZE
Sets the size of the stack when the program is run.
ILSUBSYSTEM
Specifies the subsystem directive to the MSIL Assembler (ilasm.exe).
ILTARGET
Enables an application to target a specified CPU type.
ILTITLE
Defines the title custom attribute in the assembly manifest.
ILTRADEMARK
Defines the trademark custom attribute in the assembly manifest.
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.
ILVERIFY
Ensures that the compiled IL code is verifiable.
IMPLICITSCOPE
Enables the syntax checker to produce warning messages for cases where scope has been implicitly ended. This usually occurs where the scope terminator (END-VERB) could have been used.
INDD
Causes ACCEPT statements to be read from a specified file.
INFORETURN
Specifies the return-code value returned by the Compiler when it produces only informational messages.
INIT-BY-TYPE
Initializes Working-Storage data items to a default value, according to their type.
INITCALL
Specifies modules to be called immediately before the first statement of the program is executed.
INITPTR
Enables the INITIALIZE statement to initialize DATA-POINTER, OBJECT-REFERENCE, and PROGRAM-POINTER data types.
INT
Specifies the name of the intermediate code file.
INTDATE
Selects the starting date for integer format dates used with date intrinsic functions.
INTLEVEL
When intermediate code is being created by the Compiler, this directive controls the level of portability of the code created to different versions of Micro Focus COBOL systems in other environments.
IOCONV
Selects between a straight group move and conversion of elementary record descriptions (ANSI behavior) when processing READ ... INTO and WRITE ... FROM statements.
ISO2002
Specifies that words reserved in the ISO2002 COBOL Standard are to be treated as reserved words, and changes the behavior of certain features to be compatible with that standard.
IXNLSKEY
Specifies that the File Handler should sort index file keys according to the local collating sequence rather than the ASCII collating sequence.
IXNUMKEY
Enables true numeric sorting on index keys.
JAPANESE
Enables the use of Micro Focus Japanese Language Extension (PIC N, Japanese data-names and Japanese procedure-names).
JVMCLASSPATH
Adds directories to the CLASSPATH, enabling classes located within those directories to be utilized.
JVMDECIMAL
Determines the type in which certain items are exposed. This directive affects COBOL data items of type 'decimal' and non-integral numeric items exposed as a result of either ILSMARTLINKAGE usage or the PROPERTY keyword.
LITLINK
Makes the Compiler declare the literals in CALL literal statements as public symbols, so they are resolved at link time rather than run time. (Calls generated in this way are referred to as litlinked.)
LITVAL-SIZE
Specifies the number of bytes to pass if the SIZE clause is omitted when passing numeric literals BY VALUE.
LNKALIGN
Indicates that level-01 and level-77 Linkage Section items are always aligned on a machine-dependent favorable boundary.
LOCALCOUNT
This directive is reserved for internal use by this COBOL system. Because it might appear in the list of settings, it is included for completeness. It is not intended for your use, and its setting should not be changed.
LOCALSOURCEFORMAT
Specifies that any setting of the SOURCEFORMAT directive in a source file is maintained for that file. This means that if a file with a different SOURCEFORMAT setting is copied into the source file, when processing exits the copied code, the SOURCEFORMAT setting returns to that originally specified in the source file.
MAKESYN
Makes one reserved word synonymous with another.
MAPNAME
Makes the Compiler alter program-names and entry-point names to make them compatible with OS/VS COBOL, DOS/VS COBOL, VS COBOL II and COBOL/370.
MAX-ERROR
Causes the Compiler to abort when the specified number of errors have been produced.
METHODDEFAULT
Sets the default method for passing parameters.
MF, MFLEVEL Enables forward compatibility with Micro Focus COBOL systems by selectively enabling Micro Focus-specific reserved words and changing the behavior of certain features to be compatible with particular versions.
MFCOMMENT
Treats lines with an asterisk (*) in column 1 the same as comment lines but does not show them in the source listing.
MOVE-LEN-CHECK
Causes the Compiler to check source and target lengths for alphanumeric MOVE operations, and produces a warning message if they are different.
MS
Facilitates forward compatibility with Microsoft COBOL systems by selectively enabling Microsoft-specific reserved words and changing the behavior of certain features to be compatible with particular versions.
MVS
Specifies that words reserved in IBM COBOL for MVS are to be treated as reserved words.
NATIONAL
Enables you to select the level of NATIONAL support.
NATIVE
Specifies the default collating sequence for comparisons.
NATIVE-FLOATING-POINT
Determines whether a program's floating point data items are to use IBM hexadecimal format.
NCHAR
Enables the use of Micro Focus Double-byte Language Extension (PIC N, Japanese data-names and Japanese procedure-names).
OPT (Non-Intel x86 platforms)
Specifies the level of optimization of the code produced in the object code file. Use this version of the OPT directive on operating systems that use chips other than the Intel x86 chip, for example, AIX, Solaris Sparc, HP-UX, IA64 (this list is not exhaustive).
OPTIONAL-FILE
Makes the Compiler treat all files opened for I-O or EXTEND as optional.
OS390
Specifies that words reserved in IBM COBOL for OS/390 R2V2 are to be treated as reserved words.
OSEXT
Tells the Compiler what extension to expect by default on the names of source files.
OSVS
Specifies that words reserved in IBM OS/VS COBOL are to be treated as reserved words.
OUTDD
Causes DISPLAY and EXHIBIT statements to be written to a specified output file.
P64
This directive is reserved for internal use by this COBOL system. Because it might appear in the list of settings, it is included for completeness. It is not intended for your use, and its setting should not be changed.
PANVALET
Allows ++INCLUDE statements in your program.
PARAMCOUNTCHECK
Enables the program to be called with fewer parameters than are specified in the relevant entry point's USING clause.
PC1
Specifies that words reserved in IBM COBOL V1.00 are to be regarded as reserved words, and changes the behavior of certain features to be compatible with that COBOL system.
PCOMP
Enables you to specify a user program as a precompiler for COBOL files.
PERFORM-TYPE
Specifies the behavior of return jumps from nested PERFORM statements.
PERFORMOPT
Determines if the Compiler should optimize out code to PERFORM empty paragraphs in generated native code.
PPLITLINK
Makes the Compiler declare literals as public symbols, in a SET statement using a data item defined as USAGE IS PROCEDURE-POINTER. This means literals are resolved at link time rather than run time. (Symbol references defined in this way are referred to as litlinked.)
PREPLIST
Causes the list file produced during a compilation to show both the original and modified source created by the preprocessor. It shows all data passed to the Compiler by a preprocessor and any resultant messages on the preprocessor-inserted code.
PREPROCESS, P
Makes the Compiler take the source program from a preprocessor instead of a source file.
PRESERVECASE
Ensures that COBOL items declared in the current program retain their case and are not converted to uppercase as is usual in COBOL. This enables the items to be found from outside the program.
PRINT
Specifies the destination of the source listing file.
PRINT-EXT
Specifies the extension to be added to the filename associated with the ASSIGN TO PRINTER clause.
PROFILE
Includes code in your program to produce detailed performance statistics each time you run the program.
PROGID-COMMENT
Allows comments following the PROGRAM-ID header in the Program-Id paragraph.
PROGID-INT-NAME
Causes the name of the intermediate code file to be taken from the PROGRAM-ID clause, rather than the name of the source file.
PROTECT-LINKAGE
Extends the standard COBOL semantics so that the lengths of parameters can differ between the calling and the called program.
PROTOTYPE
Enables relaxed or strict checking of call prototypes for COMP, BINARY, COMP-4, COMP-5 and COMP-X data items when used in the BY VALUE or RETURNING clauses of a CALL statement. It also inhibits or enables the implicit copying of parameter types from the prototype.
QUAL
Allows qualified data-names and procedure-names in your program.
QUALPROC
Allows qualified procedure-names in your program.
QUERY
Each time the Compiler is unable to find a copybook, it prompts you for an action.
QUOTE
Makes the Compiler interpret the figurative constant QUOTE as the double-quote character (").
RAWLIST
Prevents changeable information, such as page headers, date, time, Compiler release level, from being included in any listing file produced.
RDFPATH
Specifies a location for a repository file.
RDW
Enables you to find out the length of a record that has just been read from a variable-length sequential file.
RECURSECHECK
Turns on checking for recursion in generated code.
REENTRANT
Controls reentrancy of a multithreading program. Any program that is to be reentrant in a multi-threaded application must be compiled with this directive. If REENTRANT is specified, many program areas are dynamically allocated, so that it is safe to have multiple copies of the program running.
REF
Makes the Compiler include in the source listing the intermediate code address of each Procedure Division statement.
REFNO
Makes the Compiler display its internal reference number at the start of a compilation as well as at the bottom of every listing.
REMAINDER
Enables you to select how the remainder is calculated in a DIVIDE statement.
REMOVE Removes words from the reserved word list, so that they can be used as user-defined words.
REPORT-LINE
Specifies the maximum length of a Report Writer line.
REPOSITORY
Creates a repository file or requests that the program being compiled is checked against the repository file.
RESTRICT-GOTO
Generates a syntax error for GO TO statements that transfer control to outside of the current section.
RETRYLOCK
Specifies that when a READ statement finds that a record is locked, the READ operation is to be retried repeatedly until the record is available.
REWRITE-LS
Allows REWRITE statements on line sequential files.
RM
Specifies that words reserved in RM/COBOL are to be regarded as reserved words, and changes the behavior of certain features to be compatible with that COBOL system.
RTNCODE-SIZE
Specifies the size of the RETURN-CODE special register and its alignment in memory.
RWHARDPAGE
Causes the Report Writer control module to execute a form feed after the last item has been printed on a page, instead of the usual multiple blank lines. This ensures that the paper is positioned correctly ready for a new page.
SAA
Specifies that words reserved under the Systems Application Architecture (SAA) definition of COBOL are to be treated as reserved words.
SCHEDULER
Controls the invocation of the Intel COBOL Optimizer.
SEQCHK
Makes the Compiler check the sequence numbers in columns 1 through 6 and identify source lines that are out of sequence.
SEQUENTIAL
Specifies the default file type for files defined (implicitly or explicitly) as ORGANIZATION SEQUENTIAL.
SERIAL
Specifies that the program is to be a serial program.
SETTING, SETTINGS
Makes the Compiler include in the source listing a list of the settings of directives.
SHARE-OUTDD
When set, multiple threads can write to the same SYSOUT or OUTDD file. When not set, a file locking error occurs in this situation.
SHOW-DIR
Makes the Compiler show the contents of directives files in the source listing.
SIGN
Specifies the default convention for signs in signed numeric DISPLAY data items.
SIGNDISCARD
Specifies that a MOVE of a signed numeric DISPLAY field to a group item should discard the sign, and treat the group as an elementary alphanumeric field.
SIGN-FIXUP
Provides limited emulation of mainframe compiler options NUMPROC(NOPFD) and NUMPROC(PFD) for MOVE and COMPARE statements.
SORTTYPE
Selects which mainframe SORT module to emulate.
SOURCEASM
Makes the Compiler include source code statements in the assembler listing.
SOURCE-ENCODING
Passes the encoding of the source program to the compiler.
SOURCEFORMAT
Sets the layout format for your COBOL source.
SOURCETABSTOP Sets the tab stop boundary in effect. When the Tab key is pressed, the cursor advances n spaces to position itself on the next specified tab position.
SPZERO (deprecated)
Causes space characters in numeric data items of USAGE DISPLAY to be treated as zeros.
SQL
Causes EXEC SQL statements in your program to be replaced by ODBC run-time calls, depending on the options you specify.
SSRANGE
Turns on bounds checking for reference modifications, subscripting and indexes.
STDERR
Causes error messages to be echoed to STDERR rather than to the console (STDOUT).
STICKY-LINKAGE
Makes parameters to the program remain linked during subsequent calls of the program.
STICKY-PERFORM
Specifies the behavior of PERFORM statements when a program is reentered.
SUPFF
Suppresses form-feed characters on the compilation listing if it is sent to the screen.
SWITCH-TYPE
Makes programmable switches behave in the same way as in the ISO 2002 standard.
SYMBSTART
Sets the number from which the Compiler counts positions in the collating sequence when compiling the SYMBOLIC CHARACTERS clause.
SYSPUNCH
Specifies the SYSPUNCH record length to be used.
TERMPAGE
Determines whether the last page of a report file is to be padded with blank lines until it is a full page in length.
TESTCOVER
Enables you to use the test coverage tool, which creates a statistical execution profile of a program.
TIME
Puts the time at the top of each page of the listing.
TRACE
Enables READY TRACE and RESET TRACE statements.
TRICKLE (deprecated)
This directive is deprecated, and provided for backward compatibility only.
TRUNC
Specifies whether data being stored into a USAGE COMP, USAGE BINARY or USAGE COMP-4 item is to be truncated to the size given by the item's PICTURE clause or to the maximum size the item can hold.
TRUNCCALLNAME
Truncates subprogram names to a specified length.
TRUNCCOPY
Specifies whether to truncate the names of copybooks.
TRUNCINC
Specifies whether to truncate the names of ++INCLUDE files.
UNICODE
Specifies the encoding to be used for Unicode characters.
USE
Makes the Compiler read directives from a file.
VERBOSE
Sends messages from the Compiler to the screen.
VSC2
Specifies that words reserved in IBM VS COBOL II are to be treated as reserved words, and enables selected features for compatibility with a given level of that COBOL system.
WARNING, WARNINGS
Specifies the lowest severity level of errors to report.
WB
This directive is reserved for internal use by this COBOL system. Because it might appear in the list of settings, it is included for completeness. It is not intended for your use, and its setting should not be changed.
WB2
This directive is reserved for internal use by this COBOL system. Because it might appear in the list of settings, it is included for completeness. It is not intended for your use, and its setting should not be changed.
WB3
This directive is reserved for internal use by this COBOL system. Because it might appear in the list of settings, it is included for completeness. It is not intended for your use, and its setting should not be changed.
WRITELOCK, WRITE-LOCK
Makes the WRITE and REWRITE statements acquire a record lock when the program is locking multiple records in a shared data file in a multi-user environment.
XMLGEN
Specifies whether the Compiler should produce an XML model file for either the file section or the working-storage section data items defined in the program.
XMLPARSE
Determines the behavior of the XML PARSE statement and special registers relating to XML events.
XOPEN
Specifies that words reserved under the X/Open definition of COBOL are to be treated as reserved words.
XREF
Makes the Compiler produce a cross-reference listing.
ZEROLENGTHFALSE
Changes the way that class tests involving zero-length items are carried out.
ZEROSEQ
Causes leading zeros to appear in the sequence numbers in columns 1 through 6.
ZWB
This Compiler directive is not intended for your use, and its setting should not be changed. It is included here for completeness, because it might appear in the list of settings.
