Calling and Sharing Data Between ILE COBOL Programs

Sometimes an application is simple enough to be coded as a single, self-sufficient program. In many cases, however, an application's solution will consist of several, separately compiled programs used together.

The IBM i system provides communication between ILE COBOL programs, and between ILE COBOL and non-ILE COBOL programs.

This chapter describes:

Various methods used to call another ILE COBOL program
How control is transferred back to the calling program once the called program has finished running
How to pass data between the calling program and called program
How to cancel an ILE COBOL program.