Microsoft KB Archive/32425

Purpose of ADISCF and ADISCTRL Files

PSS ID Number: Q32425 Article last modified on 04-21-1993

3.00 MS-DOS

Summary: The ADISCTRL file contains all of the machine-dependent information required by ADIS. This information includes how ACCEPT and DISPLAY statements are to be executed, the messages that are output by ADIS in response to errors, and which keys are enabled or disabled. ADISCF is provided to enable you to edit the ADISCTRL. A major feature of the ADISCTRL file is its ability to store a number of different configurations. The ADISCTRL file that is supplied with Version 3.0 of COBOL contains a number of configurations that are set up to emulate different dialects of COBOL. Most of the time you will not need to do anything other than use ADISCF to select the configuration you wish to use (use the Choose option on the main menu of ADISCF). The configurations supplied with Microsoft COBOL Version 3.0 include the following: 1. Default 2. Ryan Mcfarland 3. Data General ICOBOL 4. IBM COBOL Version 1.0 5. Microsoft COBOL Version 2.x If you do want to create your own configuration, it is recommended that you do not directly change any of the supplied configurations. Instead, you should save the configuration you want to change under a different name and make changes to the renamed configuration.

Additional reference words: 3.00 Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1993.