Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!qucdn!spraggej
Organization: Queen's University at Kingston
Date: Thursday, 4 Apr 1991 01:52:34 EST
From: John G. Spragge <SPRAGGEJ@QUCDN.QueensU.CA>
Message-ID: <91094.015234SPRAGGEJ@QUCDN.QueensU.CA>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.pascal
Subject: Re: Calling Pascal from COBOL -- UGH
References:  <26440@adm.brl.mil>

Questions: Are you sure you are declaring the routine correctly?
I know old Pascal/VS used to support calls into Pascal from COBOL.
You had to declare the Pascal routine as if it was being called
from FORTRAN. The manual should give you instructions about doing
that.

But I suspect, given your description, that you may have a different
problem: are you sure the program you are calling is a valid subset
command? Look in the CMS manual if you are unsure; the subset commands
are listed. Generally XEDIT, EXECS, and some other commands are ok;
NOTHING you have written in COBOL is. If you need more, send me some
details directly.

disclaimer: Queen's University supplies me with computer services, not
            my opinions.

John G. Spragge