The CALL Statement (DBCS)

Rules for the CALL statement and DBCS characters.

Syntax Rules

  1. Identifier-1 must not be a data item of class DBCS; literal-1 must not be a DBCS literal.

    MF  This restriction is removed.

  2. The program-name given by identifier-1 or literal-1 must not contain DBCS characters.

    MF  This restriction is removed.

General Rules

  1. Each item of class DBCS referenced in the USING clause must correspond to an item of class DBCS in the USING clause of the Procedure Division header of the called program.
Parent topic: Procedure Division (DBCS)