If you issue a SETVAR HPPATH from within the Cobol menuy programs you can make sure the HPPAth is exactly what you want.

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From: Gordon Montgomery <[log in to unmask]> 

> Is there a way to specify the HPPath variable to be used when you use Call 
> Intrinsic "COMMAND" from within cobol? When the session 
> logs on, a logon UDC is run that sets the HPPATH variable. We use menu programs 
> to only offer the users access to the few real 
> programs they need, and call the programs with the intrinsic call. The call 
> fails, but if you type the name at the command prompt, 
> it works. I know that we can specify the full path in the call, but we were 
> hoping for a quick and easy solution rather than having 
> to find and replace all the calls with the full path. Now that I see this in 
> writing, I can see that either way we will have to 
> recompile all the menu programs, but I will still ask the question just for 
> kicks. 
> 
> Thanks, 
> 
> Gordon Montgomery 
> Living Scriptures, Inc. 
> (801) 627-2000 
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