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Re: Calling COBOL programs from REXX

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From: Ken MacKenzie
Date: Thu, 28 Nov 1996 00:00
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Binyamin_Dissen@theoffice.net (Binyamin Dissen) wrote:

>On Wed, 27 Nov 1996 19:51:21 GMT 100572.1224@compuserve.com (Ken MacKenzie)
>wrote:
>
>[Posted and mailed]
>
>:>I have developed a method of calling COBOL programs from REXX (in an
>:>IBM/MVS/TSO environment).  If anyone is interested, then please e-mail
>:>me for details.
>
>Wouldn't there be two easy ways:
>
>ADDRESS TSO "CALL 'lib(pgm)' '"parms"'"    
>
>           and 
>
>ADDRESS LINKMVS "pgm parms"
>
>:>If there is enough interest, I will post it to these newsgroups.
>
>Curious to know what is unique about your approach.
>
>:>--
>:>Ken MacKenzie
>
>--
>Binyamin_Dissen@theoffice.net
>Binyamin Dissen <bdissen@netvision.net.il>
>
>Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel
Sorry, I didn't make my message clear enough.  What I meant was, my
routine will allow you to call a COBOL program as a REXX
function/subroutine.  The COBOL program will have access to the EFPL
and will be able to return a result.


--
Ken MacKenzie
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From: 100572.1224@compuserve.com (Ken MacKenzie)
Subject: Re: Calling COBOL programs from REXX
Date: 1996/11/28
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