Shahan, Ray ([log in to unmask]) wrote: : I didn't see that anywhere in the COBOL manual Probably because the manual was last updated before shared globals were implemented. (I thought I would have had them mention that EXTERNAL didn't work across load module boundaries. I don't see it in my old ref manual.) * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *