Re: CALL PROCEDURE not working

["Jim Essinger" <dilbernator@xxxxxxxxx>]

Rich,

> From the ILE COBOL Reference for V5R4 (SC09-2539-05) found at the
Information Center - IBM:

"If the linkage is to an ILE procedure, then literal-1 must be
nonnumeric and at most 256 characters long. Depending on the compiler
option *MONOPRC, literal-1 might need to be uppercase and conform to
the rules for formation of program-names. The literal must specify the
program-name of the called subprogram"

I would think that;

CALL "programName" LINKAGE TYPE PROCEDURE

would do what you need.  Check that compiler option to make sure it is
set correctly.

Jim

On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 7:53 AM, Rich Loeber <rich@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>   Hello Cobol fans .... I'm dabbling today (for a client) in an ILE program
>   that needs to call an ILE procedure.  It is a simple call passing a few
>   parameters.  The ILE procedure is in a service program and the procedure
>   name is 11 characters in length.  I'm using the "CALL PROCEDURE" command
>   to call it, but whenever I run it, it drops the last character from the
>   procedure name and tries to call a program.  Not finding it, it fails on
>   an MCH3401.  The service program is specified in a binding directory that
>   is included when the program is compiled.
>
>   I'm pretty green with ILE COBOL .... I know I'm missing something but the
>   manuals that I have are somewhat less than helpful.
>
>   Any suggestions?
>
>   Rich Loeber
>   Kisco Information Systems
>   http://www.kisco.com