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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<helpdocument version="1.0">
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+ <meta>
+ <topic id="text/sbasic/shared/compatible">
+ <title id="tit" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">Option Compatible</title>
+ <filename>/text/sbasic/shared/compatible.xhp</filename>
+ </topic>
+ </meta>
+ <body>
+ <bookmark branch="index" localize="false" id="N8803">
+ <bookmark_value>Option Compatible</bookmark_value>
+ </bookmark>
+
+ <section id="optioncompatiblestatement">
+ <h1 id="N0104"><variable id="compatiblestatement"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/compatible.xhp" name="compatible">Option Compatible Statement</link></variable></h1>
+ <paragraph role="paragraph" id="N0106"><literal>Option Compatible</literal> extends %PRODUCTNAME Basic compiler and runtime, allowing supplemental language constructs to Basic.</paragraph>
+ </section>
+ <embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#beforeexecutable"/>
+ <paragraph role="paragraph" id="N0107">This option may affect or assist in the following situations:</paragraph>
+ <list type="unordered">
+ <listitem><paragraph role="listitem" id="N0108">Allow special characters as identifiers. all characters that are defined as
+ letter in the Latin-1 (ISO 8859-1) character set, are accepted
+ as part of identifiers.</paragraph></listitem>
+ <listitem><paragraph role="listitem" id="N0109">Create <link href="text/sbasic/shared/03040000.xhp#addvbaconstants" name="addvbaconstants">VBA constants including non-printable characters</link>.</paragraph></listitem>
+ <listitem><paragraph role="listitem" id="N0110">Allow the <literal>New</literal> operator to be optional in <literal>Dim</literal> statements.</paragraph></listitem>
+ <listitem><paragraph role="listitem" id="N0112">Allow default values for optional parameters in procedures.</paragraph></listitem>
+ <listitem><paragraph role="listitem" id="N0113">Use named arguments when multiple optional parameters exist.</paragraph></listitem>
+ <listitem><paragraph role="listitem" id="N0114">Preload of %PRODUCTNAME Basic libraries</paragraph></listitem>
+ </list>
+ <note id="N0115"><literal>Option Compatible</literal> is required when coding class modules.</note>
+ <embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#functsyntax"/>
+ <paragraph role="code" localize="false" id="N0117">Option Compatible</paragraph>
+ <embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#functexample"/>
+ <h3 id="hd_id231561639199292">Special characters as identifiers</h3>
+ <bascode>
+ <paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id661561636654077" localize="false">Option Compatible</paragraph>
+ <paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id641581846957447">' With this option the code works, otherwise it causes a compiling error</paragraph>
+ <paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id921561636641311" localize="false">Sub Main</paragraph>
+ <paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id631561636632573" localize="false"> ä = 10</paragraph>
+ <paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id101561636625260" localize="false"> print ä</paragraph>
+ <paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id21561636616652" localize="false">End Sub</paragraph>
+ </bascode>
+ <tip id="par_id381561650119146">Statement <literal>Option VBAsupport 1</literal> implies <literal>Option Compatible</literal> statement automatically.</tip>
+ <section id="relatedtopics">
+ <embed href="text/sbasic/shared/03090407.xhp#remstatement"/>
+ <embed href="text/sbasic/shared/compatibilitymode.xhp#compatibilitymodeh1"/>
+ <embed href="text/sbasic/shared/03103200.xhp#optionbasestatement"/>
+ <embed href="text/sbasic/shared/03103300.xhp#explicitstatement"/>
+ <embed href="text/sbasic/shared/03103350.xhp#vbasupportstatement"/>
+ <embed href="text/sbasic/shared/classmodule.xhp#classmodulestatement"/>
+ <paragraph role="paragraph" id="N0131">Variables scope modification in <link href="text/sbasic/shared/01020300.xhp">Using Procedures and Functions</link> with <literal>CompatibilityMode()</literal> function.</paragraph>
+ <paragraph role="paragraph" id="N0129">Refer to <link href="text/sbasic/python/python_platform.xhp">Identifying the Operating System</link> and <link href="text/sbasic/python/python_session.xhp">Getting Session Information</link> for class module examples, or <link href="text/sbasic/guide/access2base.xhp">Access2Base shared Basic library</link> for other class examples making use of <literal>Option Compatible</literal> compiler mode.</paragraph>
+ </section>
+</body>
+</helpdocument>