>if a program is running in an APF environment but is not >itself marked AC(1), do the PARMDD considerations apply?
No. When the jobstep is not to be marked APF-authorized (i.e., the environment is not APF or the jobstep program is not AC(1) ), the 100 character restriction is not applied. Peter Relson z/OS Core Technology Design ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN