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.

Syntax:
>>-.---.-.-------MS--"version"-.-----------><
   +-/-+ +.----.-MS------------+
          +-NO-+
Parameters:
version The version:
1 Microsoft COBOL Version 1.
2 Microsoft COBOL Version 2.
Properties:
Default: NOMS (Dialect )
Phase: Syntax check
$SET: Initial
Dependencies:

MS sets DEFAULTBYTE"0" and ACCEPTREFRESH immediately.

Comments:

Specifying MS with no parameters is the same as specifying MS"2". MS"1" is identical to IBM-MS and PC1.

This directive is for compatibility with Microsoft COBOL before version 3.0. For compatibility with V3.0 and later, use:NOMS MF"integer"

The value of integer to use is shown in the description of the MF directive.

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