The byte count at the front of the parm must be halfword aligned. AL2 will not align it. Y will.
:>: -----Original Message----- :>: From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List [mailto:ASSEMBLER- :>: l...@listserv.uga.edu] On Behalf Of Fred Rodgers :>: Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2012 11:09 AM :>: To: ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU :>: Subject: Re: Passing a parm between to programs :>: :>: Thanks all. It appears that the Y(APARMEND-APARMVAL) and AL2(APARMEND- :>: APARMVAL) both work. I had tried the AL2, but left the quotes in rather :>: than parens, and of course it failed.