Microsoft KB Archive/21190

List of Available Extension Subroutines

PSS ID Number: Q21190 Article last modified on 11-16-1992

2.00 2.10 2.20 | 2.10 2.20 MS-DOS | XENIX

Summary: The following extension subroutines are available in Microsoft COBOL: EXIST Checks to see whether a specified file exists RENAME Renames a specified file REMOVE Deletes a specified file COMMAND Gets the command line given to the run-time executor UPCASE Turns alphabetic characters within a data item into uppercase LOCASE Turns alphabetic characters within a data item into lowercase EXCODE Sets the DOS exit-code to a specified value CURPOS Returns the line and column location of the screen cursor at the time of the CALL KBDAVAIL Indicates whether data is available at the keyboard, without actually reading the data Please note that the subroutine name must be specified in uppercase when you are CALLing extension subroutines.

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