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0C4 testing a COBOL application

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Problem

You are testing a new COBOL application that is moving values into the COMMAREA (DFHCOMMAREA). The application receives an abend0C4 on a MVC instruction because a reference register contains zeros.

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Modified date:
08 October 2025

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