Unsupported Clauses Features Levels and Phrases

COBOL clauses, levels, and phrases that are not supported by the Plug-in might be ignored or might result in an unsupported copybook.

Clause, Feature, Level, or Phrase Notes
Level 66 The Plug-in ignores the data elements defined with the level 66 (RENAMES clause).
Level 88 The Plug-in ignores the data elements defined with the level 88 (VALUE or VALUES clause).
Level 78 Level 78, a Micro Focus COBOL Compiler feature with which you can define named constants, does not exist in the IBM Enterprise COBOL compiler. Hence, the Plug-in does not support Level 78 and generates an error.
BLANK WHEN ZERO The Plug-in ignores this clause.
EXTERNAL
GLOBAL
JUSTIFIED
Nested copybooks The Plug-in does not support copybooks that contain the COPY directive for other copybooks.
OCCURS clause
  • ASCENDING
  • DESCENDING
  • INDEXED
  • KEY
The Plug-in ignores these phrases for the OCCURS clause.
SYNCHRONIZED clause
  • LEFT
  • RIGHT
The Plug-in ignores these phrases for the SYNCHRONIZED clause and presumes LEFT.
USAGE clause
  • NATIVE
  • OBJECT REFERENCE
The Plug-in ignores these phrases for the USAGE clause.