>If you have other parms at "fixed" offsets, then this won't work.<
I don't have other parms right now, but I would like to reserve the right to do so going forward. That's why I was hoping to force the length of the PARM string to 8. David ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
