On Thu, 7 Sep 2000 12:08:39 -0700, Palmer, Elmo L
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>> ----------
>> From:         Palmer, Elmo L
>> Sent:         Thursday, September 07, 2000 8:11 AM
>> To:   [log in to unmask]
>> Subject:      Using HPDATEVALIDATE with Cobol
>>
>> I am running MPE/iX 6.0
>>
>> I have been trying to use HPVALIDATE in a Cobol program.
>>
>> I have POST85 in by $control statement
>>
>> and then I have the statement
>>
>> compute valid-date-flag = function hpdatevalidate (date-code,
date-to-be-checked)
>>
>> I get the following message:
>>
>> Illegal intrinsic function name HPDATEVALIDATE
>>
>>
>> Does anyone know how to use the HPDATEVALIDATE function in a cobol
routine.
>>

I posted a reply to your message a short time ago, but it did not seem to
be
 "linked"(?) to the original thread. Perhaps my ignorance of the use of
this
forum caused me to do something wrong - hopefully someone will enlighten
me.