SlickEdit User Guide

COBOL
This section describes some of the advanced options that are available for COBOL.
COBOL Formatting Options
COBOL
Options are available for COBOL for changing Syntax Indent and Syntax Expansion styles. To access
these options, from the main menu, click Tools > Options > Languages, expand Mainframe Languages
> Cobol, then click Cobol Formatting Options.
NOTE Languages similar to COBOL may have similar Formatting Options screens that are not
specifically documented.
The following options are available:
• Keyword case - Specifies the case of keywords used by Syntax Expansion. If Auto case
keywords is selected, the case of keywords are changed to the keyword case specified when you
type them. For example, when you type the word “procedure” and the Keyword case is set to
Upper case, the editor changes “procedure” to “PROCEDURE”. The hyperlink indicates if
Adaptive Formatting is on or off for this setting.
• Syntax - Select the type of syntax to use. COBOL 74 and COBOL 2000 syntax are mutually
exclusive options.
• Embedded SQL Dialect - Specifies the specific type of SQL that is embedded in your COBOL
source. This affects embedded SQL-language color coding.
• Line Numbering - Choose the line numbering style from the following options:
o COBOL style line numbering - When selected, expect line numbers in columns one through
six when renumbering lines.
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