>>-MODE--+-STOP-----+------------------------------------------><
         +-CONTINUE-+   
         '-SCAN-----'   

Specifies one of three modes to control error checking and actions after error detection. A MODE operator effects the "processing" (that is, error checking of ICETOOL statements and calling DFSORT) of the operators that follow it, up to the next MODE operator (if any). MODE operators allow you to do the following for groups of operators or all operators:

1. Stop or continue processing operators after a return code of 8, 12 or 16. A return code of 12 or 16 can be set as the result of a statement or run-time error detected by ICETOOL or DFSORT. A return code of 8 can be set as the result of a COUNT operator with RC8.
2. Check for errors in ICETOOL statements, but do not call DFSORT.