EXTERNAL Usage in ILE

Hi

A batch job abend after displaying this error. This error happened when
all the programs were COBOL. Does the same happen when they are RPG?

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                                Additional Message Information

 

Message ID . . . . . . :                MCH4436                 Severity
. . . . . . . :                 40              
Message type . . . . . :                Escape

Date sent  . . . . . . :   06/17/03      Time sent  . . . . . . :
06:17:21   
 

Message . . . . :   Activation group export conflict.

Cause . . . . . :   The activation of one or more programs has resulted
in     
  conflicting specifications for activation group exports.  The partial
name   
  of the export is FL-FILE-DATA in activation group X'000004EB'. The
specified 
  item was already allocated within the activation group and a
subsequent      
  export with a greater length specification was encountered.

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Scenario is as said below:-
3 programs use the data that is read on one of the program. 
PGM1 calls PGM2 to load the data from file into program work variable
(Defined as EXTERNAL).
After call to PGM2, PGM1 called PGM3.

I need to make some modification for PGM3. PGM3 was modified and a
object was created in test environment (say TESTLIB). PGM1 and PGM2 are
in QA environment (QALIB). This error occurs when PGM3 is in TESTLIB and
other 2 programs are in QALIB. 

When I create object of PGM1 and PGM2 in TESTLIB, everything works fine.
All 3 programs are in same activation group (QILE). Only library
differs. 
What could be the problem here?

Please help!!!

Thanks & Regards
Siva


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