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> From: Stigers, Gregory - ANDOVER <[log in to unmask]>
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> Now I just have to figure out what we are doing that does not correctly
> allow the subprogram that is called to read the database name, described
> as EXTERNAL, only when the subprograms are in an XL. I understood that
> GLOBAL was not allowed; time to crack the books and scan the LaserROM on
> EXTERNAL, et al. Of course, if anyone would care to provide me with some
> direction, it would be most welcome. I really would prefer to use an XL
> to linking as many as 1137 objects together into rather large NMPRGs,
> with over a thousand subprograms, many of which are called from over a
> hundred other programs, including each other (but no recursion).
>
I don't know if this will help - it is a shot in the dark, but I
remember something that may be a key. - You can not have local
storage in an SL (presumably an XL works the same way).  I do
not know how CObOL programs assign storage, but this could be a key.

Hope this helps.

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