Don,
we call quiz, quick, etc for various reasons from inside our cobol by just
issuing a file equation that points to the Quiz source (and the quiz source
must have a GO and EXIT), then run Quiz.whatever and when the Quiz is done,
reset the file equation that pointed tot he Quiz source.
here is a sample program:
(i included the copylibs source)

 identification division.
 program-id.    smalprog.
 data division.
 working-storage section.

*    copy CICMDVS.
*********************************************************
**
**     COPYLIB ENTRY: CICMDVS                          **
**            AUTHOR: ERIC KUNDL                       **
**     Constants and Variables used when calling       **
**     HP Command Intrinsic.                           **
**     used with copylib CICMDS                        **
*********************************************************
 01  CiCommandLine.
     05  CiCommand         pic x(200) value spaces.
     05                    pic x(01) value %15.
 01  CiParm                pic s9(04) comp.
 01  CiPrintAllMsgs        pic s9(04) comp value +0.
 01  CiPrintWarnMsgs       pic s9(04) comp value +1.
 01  CiPrintNoMsgs         pic s9(04) comp value +2.
 01  CiError               pic s9(04) comp.


 procedure division.

 begin.
     move "FILE QUIZUSE=QSOURCE.PUB" TO CiCommand
     compute CiError = 0
     compute CiParm = 0
     perform CallCommand-AllMsgs

     move "RUN QUIZ.CURRENT.COGNOS;info='NOLIST'" to CiCommand
     compute CiError = 0
     compute CiParm = 0
     perform CallCommand-AllMsgs

     move "RESET QUIZUSE" TO CiCommand
     compute CiError = 0
     compute CiParm = 0
     perform CallCommand-AllMsgs
 stop run.


*    copy CICMDS.
*********************************************************
**
**     COPYLIB ENTRY: CICMDS                           **
**            AUTHOR: ERIC KUNDL                       **
**     Paragraphs to call HPCICOMMAND.                 **
**     Use with the copylib: CICMDVS                   **
*********************************************************
 CallCommand-AllMsgs.
     call intrinsic "HPCICOMMAND" using CiCommandLine
                                        CiError
                                        CiParm
                                        CiPrintAllMsgs
     end-call.


 CallCommand.
     call intrinsic "HPCICOMMAND" using CiCommandLine
                                        CiError
                                        CiParm
                                        CiPrintNoMsgs
     end-call.
/

hope this helped.

--
eric kundl
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Don Paterwic <[log in to unmask]> wrote in article
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> can this be done? I have a cobol program that need to get a
> unique identifier, one that is already generated on the system
> by a quiz program (if I can use it I don't need to worry about
> logic to replicate number). Is it posssible to call this quiz
> program (executable) from a cobol program and use quizes output
> result to a file?                  Thanks
>