BINARY is equivalent to COMP. COMP-3 would be packed decimal. The parm length is half word binary.
Thanks Craig -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lizette Koehler Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 5:47 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Passing PARM to Cobol Craig, The hex "40C" makes me think you have the length field incorrectly coded. Should it be a COMP-3 field instead of a BINARY field? Lizette Koehler ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html