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DISABLE Directive

         Disable Use of Prefix Table Entry

Format

DISABLE (prefix[,ERR=stmtref])

Where:

prefix

Numeric value of the prefix to disable. Numeric expression, integer.

stmtref

Program line number or label to transfer control to.

Description

Use the DISABLE directive to notify ProvideX that you do not want to use a given

prefix table entry. This directive is used primarily in the conversion to or from old

Business Basic languages where you could disable a specific disk drive.

To re-enable the prefix use the ENABLE directive.

Note: This directive is included in ProvideX for compatibility with other languages.

See Also

ENABLE Re-Enable Use of Prefix Table Entry, p.109,

PREFIX Set File Search Rules, p.247.

Examples

->PREFIX (1) "/disk1/data/"

->PREFIX (2) "/disk2/data/"

->DISABLE (1)

Causes ProvideX to ignore PREFIX (1).