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From: Adrian Parker <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: Calling COBOL from C/C++
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 96 17:20:36 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]>
           [e-mail] "Adrian Parker" writes:

> In article <[e-mail]>
>            [e-mail] "Daniel C. Zimmerman" writes:
>
> > We are trying to call a Microfocus COBOL program from a C/C++ program.
> > We would like to receive extensive error messages (codes) from the COBOL
> > program.  One way to do this is to use the "system" call, but it does
> > not give us the capability of getting anything more than "success" or
> > "failure."  What are some other ways to do this?
>
> Try asking in comp.lang.cobol they will be able to tell you for sure.
>
> You don't need to use "system", you can call your C routine directly
> with a CALL statement.

Takes foot out of mouth..

The reverse call operates in the same way.. i.e. by reference, but
you need to build the C into the cobol runtime..

From what I remember, this is explained in the user guide.

adrian
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