Because automatic language determination recognizes C++ comments
(//), JCL is recognized only if any of these conditions is met:
- The last qualifier of the data set name is JCL, CNTL, or PROCLIB
or ISPCTLx (where x is any character)
- The second nonblank 'word' of the first nonblank line is DD, JOB,
EXEC, or PROC
- The second nonblank 'word' of the first nonblank line starts with
'MSG'. This is for JCL with no JOB card, but with MSGLEVEL or MSGCLASS.
- The first three characters in the first nonblank line are //*.
Conditional JCL logic (IF/ELSE) is highlighted, but is not supported
by the LOGIC option.
When the word DATA appears as the first word in a line or statement,
HILITE assumes that this is a DD DATA statement and colors subsequent
lines as in-stream data. To avoid this, ensure that DATA is not the
first word on a line by placing other keywords before it. For example,
instead of coding
//DCOBA2 PROC PROG=,
// OPTCOB='DYN',
// DATA='DATA(24)',
// OUT='*',
// USER='D0000',
move the operand starting with "DATA"
to the same line as the previous operand:
//DCOBA2 PROC PROG=,
// OPTCOB='DYN', DATA='DATA(24)',
// OUT='*',
// USER='D0000',