-----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of > David W Noon > Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2019 7:16 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Adding a PARM to a PROCSTEP where no PARM is coded > > On Tue, 17 Dec 2019 22:42:45 +0000, Farley, Peter X23353 > <peter.far...@broadridge.com> wrote abour Adding a PARM to a PROCSTEP where > no PARM is coded: > > > I thought I know this stuff, but my employer's z/OS V2.2 system is saying I > > don't. > > > > I have a simple one-step PROC which executes a COBOL program but has no > > keyword parameters on the EXEC statement, like this: > > > > //MYPROC PROC OUT=* > > //MYPGM EXEC PGM=MYPGM > > //SYSOUT DD SYSOUT=&OUT > > // PEND > > > > MYPGM is compiled with COBOL V5.2 and has a LINKAGE SECTION like this: > > > > LINKAGE SECTION. > > 01 PARM-FIELDS. > > 05 PARM-LENGTH PIC S9(04) COMP. > > 05 PARM-AREA PIC X(25). > >
> Did your PROCEDURE DIVISION statement include USING PARM-FIELDS ? No it did not, and that was indeed the problem as I replied earlier. Thanks anyway for helping. Appreciated. Peter -- This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
