There is a weird way to embed subroutines in machine instructions right into Cobol code by:
a) defining them [fully assembled] as a WORKING-STORAGE literal b) setting address of a PROCEDURE-POINTER to address of that literal c) calling the PROCEDURE-POINTER And no, I don't recommend you actually use this approach, unless really desperate. -Victor- ============================ Hello Listers, First off, does anyone know of an IBM COBOL related list? If so, could you point me in that direction. Now, to my question. I can code an assembler solution, or even a hybrid COBOL/Assembler solution, but what I would truly love would be a COBOL only solution. My need is to be able to determine if a QNAME/RNAME combination is held by another address space in the system. Stated another way, is there any way to use an "ENQ (QNAME,RNAME,S,SYSTEM),REQ=TEST" from a COBOL program using COBOL only procedural statements? As I said, I can code an assembler program to issue the ENQ, but because I may not always be the one supporting the code, I need to keep it in a language most of our shop knows. In another direction, is there an LE service routine that could issue the ENQ TEST? Thanks to All, Chuck Charles (Chuck) Hardee<mailto:chuck.har...@thermofisher.com> Senior Systems Engineer/Database Administration EAS Information Technology Thermo Fisher Scientific 300 Industry Drive | Pittsburgh, PA 15275 Phone +1 (724) 517-2633 | Mobile +1 (412) 877-2809 | FAX: +1 (412) 490-9230 chuck.har...@thermofisher.com<mailto:chuck.har...@thermofisher.com> | www.thermofisher.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
