>> I still do not know how to make PL/I communicate with C, but COBOL and C communicate like a pair of newlyweds once this was resolved.
ZA, Chapter 8 and 9 from this manual might help you. Sample programs in section 8.9 and 9.8 might be what you are looking at. http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/CEEA4180/CCONTENTS Kolusu ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN