Lindy, save the address of a getmained area for futher use beyond you program. If it is called several times it will save you several GETMAIN/FREEMAIN for each call.
Roland >Thanks everyone! > >Can someone give a hint what is meant by "anchor" in this case? > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html

