Multiple CTL-OPT Statements

Supported RPG Features

A program may open with any number of CTL-OPT statements; their keywords accumulate into one control specification. Splitting them one per concern is ordinary style:

**FREE
CTL-OPT DFTACTGRP(*NO);
CTL-OPT DECEDIT('0.');
CTL-OPT TEXT('Order entry');

Where the same keyword appears more than once - whether across statements or twice within one - the first occurrence wins and the later one is discarded. So in

CTL-OPT DECEDIT('0.');
CTL-OPT DECEDIT('.');

the program runs with DECEDIT('0.'): the repeat is reported and the later value ignored, as warning TRN0017 against the discarded occurrence - the line named is the one that had no effect. It is a warning, not an error, so the program still compiles.

The same applies to fixed-format H-specs, which accumulate across lines under the identical first-wins rule:

     H DFTACTGRP(*NO)
     H DECEDIT('0.')