Using Subprocedures to Open and Read a file.

I am trying to understand how to use subprocedures to open and read a
file.  I have created my module with two subprocedures one to open the
file and the other to read the file.  In my module I specified the file
name as USROPN.  Now I want to create a program that calls those
subprocedures and I am having problems with share file.  First I tried
setting my file in my program as USROPN but I am getting the following
error 'There is no OPEN for a file... '.  Then I remove the USROPN from
my program but when I put the program thru debug it ignores the open and
read statements in the subprocedures.  What am I doing wrong?  I guess I
don't understand how my main program can share the file in the
subprocedures.

By the way I created a binding directory for my module an included that
directory in my program.  

Thanks.


Isa Wall
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