Re: MF NE 3.1 Call fails to pass linkage

Thank you both - that took care of my problem. I've been away from COBOL
too long - but it's coming back. Little details like this will drive me
crazy. Pau H.
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"Rick Smith" <ricksmith@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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[snip]

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called program "call2.cbl":

[snip]

linkage section.
01 link-area.
03 link-company pic 9(3).
03 link-lease-no pic 9(10).
procedure division.

Changing the line above to:

procedure division using link-area.

eliminated the problem on my older system.



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