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On 05 Jun 2012 10:00, Albert York wrote:
I have a module in a service program that seems to not retain any
values between calls. Is this normal behavior? How can I change
this?

Program variables default to use /automatic storage/ which is allocated anew for each invocation. To define storage that is static between invocations within the same activation [thus not using *NEW activation group], define the variable as /static storage/ per:

Help Keywords - Help
STATIC
Type this keyword in the D specifications of sub-procedures
to indicate that a standalone field or data structure is
stored in static storage.

Regards, Chuck

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