Directive Categories

Control directives can be divided into three distinct groups: source controls, object controls, and listing controls.

Source controls define macros and determine the name of the file to be compiled.

Object controls affect the form and content of the generated object module (*.OBJ). These directives allow you to specify the optimizing level or include debugging information in the object file.

Listing controls govern various aspects of the listing file (*.LST), in particular its format and specific content.

The following table lists the control directives by category along with abbreviations and default settings. You should note that the effects of many options can be reversed by prefixing the option name with NO.

Class	Directive	Abbreviation	Default Setting
Source	DEFINE †	DF
	DISABLE
	NOEXTEND †
	MAXARGS		MAXARGS(15) or MAXARGS(40)
	RESTORE
	SAVE
Listing	ASM
	CODE †	CD
	COND †	CO	COND
	EJECT	EJ
	ENDASM
	LISTINCLUDE †	LC
	NOCOND †	NOCO	COND
	NOPRINT †	NOPR	PRINT(basename.LST)
	PAGEWIDTH †	PW	PAGEWIDTH(132)
	PAGELENGTH †	PL	PAGELENGTH(60)
	PREPRINT †	PP
	PRINT †	PR	PRINT(basename.LST)
	SYMBOLS †	SB
Object	AREGS	AR	AREGS
	COMPACT †	CP	SMALL
	DEBUG †	DB
	INTERVAL		INTERVAL(8)
	INTPROMOTE	IP	INTPROMOTE
	INTVECTOR †	IV	INTVECTOR(0)
	LARGE †	LA	SMALL
	MOD517		NOMOD517
	MODAMD		NOMODAMD
	NOAMAKE †	NOAM	AMAKE
	NOAREGS	NOAR	AREGS
	NOINTPROMOTE	NOIP	INTPROMOTE
	NOINTVECTOR †	NOIV	INTVECTOR(0)
	NOMOD517		NOMOD517
	NOMODAMD		NOMODAMD
	NOOBJECT †	NOOJ	OBJECT(basename.OBJ)
	NOREGFILE		NOREGFILE
	NOREGPARMS		REGPARMS
	OBJECT †	OJ	OBJECT(basename.OBJ)
	OBJECTEXTEND †	OE
	OPTIMIZE †	OT	OPTIMIZE(5,SPEED)
	ORDER	OR	NOORDER
	REGISTERBANK	RB	REGISTERBANK(0)
	REGFILE	RF	NOREGFILE
	REGPARMS		REGPARMS
	ROM †		ROM (LARGE)
	SMALL †	SM	SMALL
	SRC †

† These directives can only be specified once in the command-line or at the beginning of a source file using the #pragma statement. They cannot be used more than once in a source file.

Control directives and their arguments are case insensitive with the exception of arguments specified with the DEFINE directive.