Re: Calling Service Programs from ILE Cobol

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Hello JP,

You wrote:
>I have tried CALL pgm, CALL LINKAGE TYPE IS PROGRAM pgm, but I keep
>getting an error telling me that my main program can't find or resolve
>to the function.

>Can someone please help me, should I be using something other than
>CALL? or is there a special version of the call command?

Yes.  You should be using CALL LINKAGE TYPE IS PROCEDURE or define the routine 
as a 
procedure in the special names paragraph.

>I have also tried creating a single program, binding in both modules
>but still got the same error.

Same problem.  It makes no difference whether the routine is in another module 
in the 
same program or in a service program.  You use CALL LINKAGE TYPE IS PROCEDURE 
to invoke 
it.  CALL defaults to LINKAGE TYPE IS PROGRAM and is for dynamic *PGM to *PGM 
calls.  
Bound routines whether bound by copy (in a *MODULE) or bound by reference (in a 
*SRVPGM) 
are PROCEDUREs.

>The same question would apply to a CL program, is there a special way
>of calling ILE functions?

Use CALLPRC.

Regards,
Simon Coulter.

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