Passing strings in the program

Siddharth Bahirsheth · New User Joined: 23 Jul 2007 Posts: 16 Location: Mumbai

Can any body suggest me how will i pass a string in different programs through comm area .. help in the form of theory or code snippet would be appreciated

William Thompson · Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 5:22 pm

OK, please define "string".......

Siddharth Bahirsheth · New User Joined: 23 Jul 2007 Posts: 16 Location: Mumbai

string means any string of characters for e.g 01 var-name pic x(20)

William Thompson · Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 5:36 pm

Move your "var-name pic x(20)" to the commarea and go.....

Siddharth Bahirsheth · New User Joined: 23 Jul 2007 Posts: 16 Location: Mumbai

can you please provide me with some code snippet of called and calling program

William Thompson · Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 6:22 pm

Batch or CICS?

Siddharth Bahirsheth · New User Joined: 23 Jul 2007 Posts: 16 Location: Mumbai

William Thompson · Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 6:40 pm

Try looking first at the Calling subprograms from COBOL section in the Programming Guide.