set-compat command

Syntax

set-compat {environment} {(g}

Parameter(s)

Compatibility Features for Advanced Pick

• Allows updating the tcl-stack directly, without using a formal update procedure.
  Note: Updating the tcl-stack using the Advanced Pick compatibility setting provides faster, more efficient updates. However, the D3 7.3 and above formal update features, such as updating the transaction log, hot-backup, statistics, and other counters, are not available in this mode.

  This can cause aborts when reading an item through FlashBASIC or through certain stack update sequences.

• When an Access Query Language (AQL) command is executed using an exploding select-list, the exploding value positions are ignored.
• Alters the sort order for the sort command in the following manner:

  The case command setting is ignored and the sort order is based on whether or not the file was created with the s (case-Sensitive) option.

Compatibility Features for mvBase

• The account-save command creates the tape in mvBase format.
• The grand-total modifier in AQL always displays the grand-total label.
• BASIC programs are compiled as though the $options mvBase directive has been used.
• The T command in the FlashBASIC Debugger will cause the source line to be displayed prior to the line being executed.

Compatibility Features for Reality

Allows Reality style M type dictionary phrases to function like D3 H type dictionary phrases.

Compatibility Features for Sequoia

• Null values always sort before numeric and alphanumeric values.
• When running the AQL grand-total modifier with the text option, text displays with no column width limits.
• Any phantoms running under this setting will terminate with an error, if stopped by an input statement.
• The BASIC Ultimate flavored execute supports Sequoia ordering of parameters.

Compatibility Features for Ultimate

• Access date conversions are displayed in the upper case when the TCL case is set to sensitive.
• Null values always sort before numeric and alphanumeric values.
• Suppresses [202] not on file messages when selecting from an active list.
• If a PROC calls a BASIC program which generates an error, the line number of the BASIC program will be placed in the PROC’s secondary buffer, following the error number.
• The print job kill process prints aborted on the printer, if the job is terminated with the sp-kill command.
• The BASIC compiler allows spaces when using Ultimate flavored executes.
• The restore processor recognizes Ultimate tape labels and Ultimate items greater than 32 KB in length.
• Input stacked with the data statement is not lost after running a BASIC execute statement.

See also

account-save command, case command, data statement, execute statement, grand-total modifier, input statement, $options directive, sort command, sp-kill command, t command (FlashBASIC Debugger)