Ed Milner writes:

>>> Ed Milner <[log in to unmask]> 06/13/98 04:07pm >>>
Can someone point me in the proper direction ...

I need to maintain values of data items created by cobol application 1 so
that cobol application 2,3,4,5, etc. has access to them.  Applications are
not called by each other.    I'd rather not read/write them to disc.

It seems 'Global' in cobol works only with programs nested under the
program
that declares the global items.

Thanks,
Ed Milner
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Assuming that programs 1 thru 5 are for the same job or session, why
not use variables to pass the data back and forth.  Use the HPCIPUTVAR
and HPCIGETVAR intrinsic to write and read variable data respectively.

Mike Berkowitz
Guess? Inc.