Context-sensitive Words Table

The following table lists context-sensitive words, which are words that are reserved in the specified language construct when the specified dialect is chosen.

Specifying individual directive options (such as, MF and OSVS) results in the accumulative adding of reserved words; that is, both MF and OSVS context-sensitive words are reserved. However, specifying DIALECT(xxx) will set only those reserved words in the specified dialect, and remove all others; for example, DIALECT"OSVS" sets the equivalent of OSVS, NOMF, NOVSC2, NOACU, etc...

Reserved words turned on by ILGEN or JVMGEN (that is, MGD) are a special case - these are words additionally required for either .NET COBOL or JVM COBOL that are not available in 'standard' dialects, and so ILGEN and a language directive/dialect would need to be set.

If a context-sensitive word is used where a context-sensitive word is permitted in the general format, the word is treated as a keyword; otherwise, it is treated as a user-defined word. The dialect codes have the same meanings as in the section Reserved Words Table

Context-sensitive Word Language Context or Construct Dialect Code
3-D ACU
ACTION ACU
ACTIVE-X ACU
ADJUSTABLE-COLUMNS ACU
ALIGNMENT ACU
ARITHMETIC OPTIONS paragraph I2
ASSEMBLY MGD
ASYNC METHOD-ID paragraph MGD
ASYNC-VALUE METHOD-ID paragraph MGD
ASYNC-VOID METHOD-ID paragraph MGD
ATTRIBUTES MF16, ENT
AUTO screen description entry I2, XO, MF3, MS2, ACU
AUTO-DECIMAL ACU
AUTO-SPIN ACU
AX-EVENT-LIST ACU
BACKGROUND ACU, RM
BACKGROUND-COLOR screen description entry I2, XO, MF3, MS2, ACU
BACKGROUND-COLOUR screen description entry I2, MF3, ACU
BAR ACU
BELL screen description entry and SET attribute statement I2, XO, MF3, MS2, ACU
BINARY MF1, 74, 85, I2, OS, DVS, VS(4), C370, MVS, DG, OS390, XO, RM, MS2, ENT, ACU
BITMAP ACU
BITMAP-END ACU
BITMAP-HANDLE ACU
BITMAP-NUMBER ACU
BITMAP-RAW-HEIGHT ACU
BITMAP-RAW-WIDTH ACU
BITMAP-SCALE ACU
BITMAP-START ACU
BITMAP-TIMER ACU
BITMAP-TRAILING ACU
BITMAP-WIDTH ACU
BLINK screen description entry and SET attribute statement I2, XO, MF3, RM, MS2, ACU
BLOB MF1, 74, 85, I2, OS, DVS, VS(4), C370, MVS, DG, OS390, XO, RM, MS2, ENT, ACU
BLOB-FILE MF1, 74, 85, I2, OS, DVS, VS(4), C370, MVS, DG, OS390, XO, RM, MS2, ENT, ACU
BLOB-LOCATOR MF1, 74, 85, I2, OS, DVS, VS(4), C370, MVS, DG, OS390, XO, RM, MS2, ENT, ACU
BUSY ACU
BUTTONS ACU
CALENDAR-FONT ACU
CANCEL-BUTTON ACU
CELL-COLOR ACU
CELL-DATA ACU
CELL-FONT ACU
CELL-PROTECTION ACU
CENTER COLUMN clause I2, ACU
CENTERED-HEADINGS ACU
CHAR MF1, 74, 85, I2, OS, DVS, VS(4), C370, MVS, DG, OS390, XO, RM, MS2, ENT, ACU
CHECK-BOX ACU
CICS MF16
CLEAR-SELECTION ACU
CLOB MF1, 74, 85, I2, OS, DVS, VS(4), C370, MVS, DG, OS390, XO, RM, MS2, ENT, ACU
CLOB-FILE MF1, 74, 85, I2, OS, DVS, VS(4), C370, MVS, DG, OS390, XO, RM, MS2, ENT, ACU
CLOB-LOCATOR MF1, 74, 85, I2, OS, DVS, VS(4), C370, MVS, DG, OS390, XO, RM, MS2, ENT, ACU
COLORS ACU
COLOURS ACU
COLUMN-COLOR ACU
COLUMN-DIVIDERS ACU
COLUMN-FONT ACU
COLUMN-HEADINGS ACU
COLUMN-PROTECTION ACU
COMBO-BOX ACU
COMPAT ENT
CONSTRUCTOR MGD
CONTROLS-UNCROPPED ACU
COPY-SELECTION ACU
CURSOR-COL ACU
CURSOR-COLOR ACU
CURSOR-FRAME-WIDTH ACU
CURSOR-ROW ACU
CURSOR-X ACU
CURSOR-Y ACU
CUSTOM-PRINT-TEMPLATE ACU
CUT-SELECTION ACU
CYCLE EXIT statement I2, MF7, ENT
DASHED ACU
DATA-COLUMNS ACU
DATA-POINTER I2, MF15
DATA-TYPES ACU
DATE-ENTRY ACU
DATE-RECORD MF1, 74, 85, I2, OS, DVS, VS(4), C370, MVS, DG, OS390, XO, RM, MS2, ENT, ACU
DBCLOB MF1, 74, 85, I2, OS, DVS, VS(4), C370, MVS, DG, OS390, XO, RM, MS2, ENT, ACU
DBCLOB-FILE MF1, 74, 85, I2, OS, DVS, VS(4), C370, MVS, DG, OS390, XO, RM, MS2, ENT, ACU
DBCLOB-LOCATOR MF1, 74, 85, I2, OS, DVS, VS(4), C370, MVS, DG, OS390, XO, RM, MS2, ENT, ACU
DEFAULT-BUTTON ACU
DEFAULT-FONT ACU
DELETE-SELECTION ACU
DISPLAY-COLUMNS ACU
DISPLAY-FORMAT ACU
DIVIDER-COLOR ACU
DIVIDERS MF16
DLI ACU
DLL ENT
DOT-DASH ACU
DOTTED ACU
DRAG-COLOR ACU
DROP-DOWN ACU
DROP-LIST ACU
ELEMENT XML-GENERATE statement MF18, ENT
ENCODING MF16, ENT
END-COLOR ACU
ENGRAVED ACU
ENSURE-VISIBLE ACU
ENTRY-FIELD ACU
ENTRY-INTERFACE ENT
ENTRY-NAME ENT
ENTRY-REASON ACU
EOL ERASE phrase in screen description entry I2, XO, MF7, RM, ACU
EOS ERASE phrase in screen description entry I2, XO, MF7, RM, ACU
ERASE screen description entry I2, XO, MF3, RM, MS2, ACU
ESCAPE-BUTTON ACU
EVENT-LIST ACU
EXCEPTION-VALUE ACU
EXCLUDE-EVENT-LIST ACU
EXPAND ACU
EXPANDS CLASS phrase and INTERFACE phrase of the REPOSITORY paragraph I2, MF12
FIELD ACU
FILE-NAME ACU
FILE-POS ACU
FILL-COLOR ACU
FILL-COLOR2 ACU
FILL-PERCENT ACU
FINISH-REASON ACU
FIXED MF, ENT
FIXED-FONT ACU
FIXED-WIDTH ACU
FLAT ACU
FLAT-BUTTONS ACU
FOREGROUND RM, ACU
FOREGROUND-COLOR screen description entry I2, XO, MF3, MS2, ACU
FOREGROUND-COLOUR screen description entry I2, MF3, ACU
FOREVER RETRY phrase I2
FRAME ACU
FRAMED ACU
FULL screen description entry I2, XO, MF3, MS2, ACU
FULL-HEIGHT ACU
GO-BACK ACU
GO-FORWARD ACU
GO-HOME ACU
GO-SEARCH ACU
GRIP ACU
GROUP-VALUE ACU
HAS-CHILDREN ACU
HEADING-COLOR ACU
HEADING-DIVIDER-COLOR ACU
HEADING-FONT ACU
HEAVY ACU
HEIGHT-IN-CELLS ACU
HELP-CURSOR ACU
HIDDEN-DATA ACU
HIGH ACCEPT statement and DISPLAY statement RM, ACU
HIGH-COLOR ACU
HIGHLIGHT screen description entry and SET attribute statement I2, XO, MF3, MS2
HORIZONTAL ACU
HOT-TRACK ACU
HSCROLL ACU
HSCROLL-POS ACU
IGNORING READ statement I2
INHERITED MGD
INITIALIZED ALLOCATE statement MF19, I2, ENT
INSERT-ROWS ACU
INSERTION-INDEX ACU
INTRINSIC function-specifier of the REPOSITORY paragraph I2
ITEM ACU
ITEM-BOLD ACU
ITEM-HELP ACU
ITEM-ID ACU
ITEM-TEXT ACU
ITEM-TO-ADD ACU
ITEM-TO-DELETE ACU
ITEM-TO-EMPTY ACU
ITEM-VALUE ACU
LABEL-OFFSET ACU
LARGE-FONT ACU
LAST-ROW ACU
LC_ALL SET statement I2
LC_COLLATE SET statement I2
LC_CTYPE SET statement I2
LC_MESSAGES SET statement I2
LC_MONETARY SET statement I2
LC_NUMERIC SET statement I2
LC_TIME SET statement I2
LEADING-SHIFT ACU
LEFT-TEXT ACU
LINES-AT-ROOT ACU
LIST-BOX ACU
LM-RESIZE ACU
LOC MF21, ENT
LONG-DATE ACU
LONGMIXED ENT
LONGUPPER ENT
LONG-VARBINARY All dialects, except RM
LONG-VARCHAR All dialects, except RM
LOW ACCEPT statement and DISPLAY statement RM, ACU
LOS-COLOR ACU
LOWERED ACU
LOWLIGHT screen description entry and SET attribute statement I2, XO, MF7
MANUAL LOCK MODE clause I2, MF1, MS2
MAX-HEIGHT ACU
MAX-LINES ACU
MAX-PROGRESS ACU
MAX-SIZE ACU
MAX-TEXT ACU
MAX-VAL ACU
MAX-WIDTH ACU
MEDIUM-FONT ACU
MIN-HEIGHT ACU
MIN-LINES ACU
MIN-SIZE ACU
MIN-VAL ACU
MIN-WIDTH ACU
MULTILINE ACU
MULTIPLE LOCK ON clause All dialects, except RM
NAME XML-GENERATE, INVOKE, and ACCEPT...FROM statements MF3, ENT
NAMESPACE MF16, ENT
NAMESPACE-PREFIX MF16, ENT
NAVIGATE-URL ACU
NCLOB All dialects, except RM
NET-EVENT-LIST ACU
NEXT-ITEM ACU
NO-AUTO-DEFAULT ACU
NO-AUTOSEL ACU
NO-BOX ACU
NO-CELL-DRAG ACU
NO-CLOSE ACU
NO-DIVIDERS ACU
NO-ECHO ACU
NO-F4 ACU
NO-FOCUS ACU
NO-GROUP-TAB ACU
NO-KEY-LETTER ACU
NO-SEARCH ACU
NO-TAB ACU
NO-UPDOWN ACU
NONE DEFAULT clause I2
NONNUMERIC XML-GENERATE statement MF18, ENT
NORMAL STOP statement I2
NOTIFY ACU
NOTIFY-CHANGE ACU
NOTIFY-DBLCLICK ACU
NOTIFY-SELCHANGE ACU
NUM-COL-HEADINGS ACU
NUM-ROW-HEADINGS ACU
NUM-ROWS ACU
NUMBERS COLUMN clause and LINE clause I2
OK-BUTTON ACU
ONLY Object-view, SHARING clause, SHARING phrase and USAGE clause I2, MF11, BS
OVERLAP-LEFT ACU
OVERLAP-TOP ACU
PAGE-SETUP ACU
PAGE-SIZE ACU
PAGED ACU
PANEL-INDEX ACU
PANEL-STYLE ACU
PANEL-TEXT ACU
PANEL-WIDTHS ACU
PARAGRAPH EXIT statement I2, MF7, ENT
PARAM MGD
PARAMETER MGD
PARENT MGD, ACU
PARSE MF12, ENT
PASTE-SELECTION ACU
PERMANENT ACU
PLACEMENT ACU
POSITION-SHIFT ACU
PREVIOUS READ statement I2, MF3
PRINT-NO-PROMPT ACU
PRINT-PREVIEW ACU
PROGRESS ACU
PROP MGD
PROPERTIES ACU
PUSH-BUTTON ACU
QUERY-INDEX ACU
RADIO-BUTTON ACU
RAISED ACU
READ-ONLY ACU
RECORD-DATA ACU
RECORD-TO-ADD ACU
RECORD-TO-DELETE ACU
RECURSIVE PROGRAM-ID paragraph I2, MF12, C370, ENT
REFRESH ACU
REGION-COLOR ACU
RELATION VALIDATE-STATUS clause I2
REQUIRED screen description entry I2, XO, MF3, MS2, ACU
RESET-GRID ACU
RESET-LIST ACU
RESET-TABS ACU
RESOURCE ACU
RESET-SET-LOCATOR All dialects, except RM
RETURN-VALUE MGD
REVERSE ACCEPT statement and DISPLAY statement RM
REVERSE-VIDEO screen description entry and SET attribute statement I2, XO, MF3, MS2
RIGHT-ALIGN ACU
RIMMED ACU
ROW-COLOR ACU
ROW-COLOR-PATTERN ACU
ROW-DIVIDERS ACU
ROW-FONT ACU
ROW-HEADINGS ACU
ROW-PROTECTION ACU
ROWID All dialects, except RM
SAVE-AS ACU
SAVE-AS-NO-PROMPT ACU
SCROLL-BAR ACU
SEARCH-OPTIONS ACU
SEARCH-TEXT ACU
SECONDS RETRY phrase I2
SECURE screen description entry I2, XO, MF3, MS2, ACU
SELECT-ALL ACU
SELECT-ALL-SELECTION ACU
SELECTION-INDEX ACU
SELECTION-TEXT ACU
SELF-ACT ACU
SEPARATION ACU
SHADING ACU
SHORT-DATE ACU
SHOW-LINES ACU
SHOW-NONE ACU
SHOW-SEL-ALWAYS ACU
SIGNED USAGE clause I2, MF12
SMALL-FONT ACU
SORT-ORDER ACU
SPINNER ACU
SQL All dialects, except MGD
SQL-BFILE All dialects, except MGD
SQL-BLOB All dialects, except MGD
SQL-CLOB All dialects, except MGD
SQL-CURSOR All dialects, except MGD
SQL-NCLOB All dialects, except MGD
SQL-ROWID All dialects, except MGD
SQUARE ACU
START-X ACU
START-Y ACU
STATIC FUNCTION-ID paragraph ENT
STATIC-LIST ACU
STATUS-BAR ACU
STATUS-TEXT ACU
STEP OCCURS clause I2
STOP-BROWSER ACU
STRONG TYPEDEF clause I2
SYMBOL CURRENCY clause I2, MF12, OS390, ENT
TAB-CONTROL ACU
TAB-TO-ADD ACU
TAB-TO-DELETE ACU
TEMPORARY ACU
TERMINATION-VALUE ACU
THUMB-POSITION ACU
TILED-HEADINGS ACU
TIME-RECORD All dialects, except MGD
TIMESTAMP All dialects, except MGD
TIMESTAMP-OFFSET All dialects, except MGD
TIMESTAMP-OFFSET-RECORD All dialects, except MGD
TIMESTAMP-RECORD All dialects, except MGD
TITLE-POSITION ACU
TRACK-THUMB ACU
TRADITIONAL-FONT ACU
TRAILING-SHIFT ACU
TRANSPARENT ACU
TRANSPARENT-COLOR ACU
TREE-VIEW ACU
UCS-4 ALPHABET clause I2
UNBOUNDED MF17, ENT
UNDERLINE screen description entry and SET attribute statement I2, XO, MF3, MS2
UNDO ACU
UNFRAMED ACU
UNSIGNED USAGE clause I2, MF12
UNSORTED ACU
USE-ALT ACU
USE-RETURN ACU
USE-TAB ACU
USER-COLORS ACU
USER-GRAY ACU
USER-WHITE ACU
UTF-8 ALPHABET clause I2
UTF-16 ALPHABET clause I2
VALIDATING MF16, ENT
VALUE-FORMAT ACU
VARBINARY All dialects, except MGD
VARIANT ACU
VERTICAL ACU
VERY-HEAVY ACU
VIRTUAL-WIDTH ACU
VPADDING ACU
VSCROLL ACU
VSCROLL-BAR ACU
VSCROLL-POS ACU
VTOP ACU
WEB-BROWSER ACU
WIDTH-IN-CELLS ACU
X ACU
XML-DECLARATION MF16, ENT
Y ACU
YYYYDDD ACCEPT statement all dialects
YYYYMMDD ACCEPT statement all dialects