DIALECT

Enables check-time and run-time behavior consistent with the specified dialect.

Syntax:
>>--.---.----DIALECT--"dialect"-----------><
    +-/-+
Parameters:
dialect The dialect to use; see below
Properties:
Default: DIALECT"MF"
Phase: Check
$SET: Initial
Dependencies:

Depending on the setting of dialect, various other Compiler directives are set by default.

Comments:

dialect can have one of the following values. When you set dialect various other Compiler directives are set; click on a value to display a list.

ANS85 DIALECT setting

BS2000 DIALECT setting

BS2000-OFFLOAD DIALECT setting

COB370, COB371 and COB372 DIALECT settings

DOSVS DIALECT setting

ENTCOBOL DIALECT setting

ISO2002 DIALECT setting

MF DIALECT setting

MVS DIALECT setting

OS390 DIALECT setting

OSVS DIALECT setting

VSC21 and VSC22 DIALECT settings

VSC21 and VSC22 DIALECT settings

VSC23 and VSC24 DIALECT settings

VSC23 and VSC24 DIALECT settings

The settings SAA1 and SAA2 are also available; use these for backward compatibility purposes only.

Note: Under Net Express and Server Express, the DIALECT directive does not set the AMODE directive. To provide compatability with mainframe style pointers, you will need to set AMODE to the appropriate storage format.

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