The COMMENT directive allows you to include comments in an XFD file. Because the information is embedded in a comment, it doesn't interfere with processing by AcuXDBC. Each comment entered with this directive appears in the XFD file with the symbol "#" in column 1. This information will appear in only the XFD file. It will not be imported into the system catalog by xdbcutil.
$XFD COMMENT text
or
*(( XFD COMMENT text ))
The following FD includes a comment:
FILE SECTION. FD qa-file. $XFD COMMENT This sample file demonstrates directives. 01 qa-record. 03 animal-info. 05 patient-id pic x(5). 05 atype pic x. 05 ctype redefines atype pic x. 05 dtype redefines atype pic x. 05 otype redefines atype pic x. 03 owner-info. 05 phone pic x(8). 05 owner pic x(30). 03 financial. 05 acct_no. 10 year pic x(2). 10 seq_no pic x(4). 05 last_visit. 10 yyyy pic 9(4). 10 mm pic 9(2). 10 dd pic 9(2). 05 fee pic s9(5)v99. 05 date_paid pic 9(8).
The following line appears in the animals.xfd file:
<!-- This sample file demonstrates directives. -->