REXX-aware means that it can handle an EFPL as described at <https://www.ibm.com/servers/resourcelink/svc00100.nsf/pages/zOSV2R4sa320972/$file/ikja300_v2r4.pdf#page=290>
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [[email protected]] on behalf of Cameron Conacher [[email protected]] Sent: Monday, March 22, 2021 2:53 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Can I use a REXX PLIST when calling a COBOL program? Paul, when you say that my COBOL program must be coded Rexx-aware, do you mean I need to work with IRXEXCOM to tease the parameters out from REXX? I appreciate everyone's input. I don't know if the "appropriate" path forward is to use ADDRESS LINK or ADDRESS LINKMVS or if I should continue to try to make the CALL work. I don't want to waste anyone's time (other than my own). I will keep playing around to see if I can figure this out. On Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 2:09 PM Paul Gilmartin < [email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, 22 Mar 2021 17:50:00 +0000, Seymour J Metz wrote: > > >You are using CALL, which is intended for REXX procedures and REXX-aware > procedure that are written to accept an external function parameter list > (EFPL). > > > Which may be OK if REXXEXCI is coded Rexx-aware and reformats it > argument as required by EXCI. > > > ... Use ADDRESS LINK or ADDRESS LINKMVS to call a main program and > ADDRESS LINKPGM to call a subroutine. Note that if the subroutine is > written in COBOL then you also have the issue of LE to deal with. > > > LINKMVS generates a 2-byte length à la JCL "PARM=". LINKPGM , like > Assembler CALL, requires the programmer to supply the length > ("d2c(length( PARM ), 2) || PARM") but can be used for subroutines > not expecting such a length. > > -- gil > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
