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THRIVIKRAM · Beginner Joined: 03 Oct 2005 Posts: 70 Topics: 34

Hi All,

Can I use External Copy book to pass data between two CICS applications to overcome the COMMAREA limitaion of 32K. I am finding some material on CICS containers which overcomes the same problem. But what will be the limitation if I continue to use External Copybooks instead of Containers..?

Thanks!!

papadi · Supermod Joined: 20 Oct 2009 Posts: 594 Topics: 1

Please describe/define what you mean by an "external copybook".

This is not a term with which i'm familiar and it is not mentioned in the current COBOL Language Reference manual Confused

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THRIVIKRAM · Beginner Joined: 03 Oct 2005 Posts: 70 Topics: 34

External Copy books are defined with the word "EXTERNAL". If a program calls another program in CICS, it need not pass any values. Instead both programs can use the variables in the EXTERNAL copy book.