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Micro Focus Visual COBOL 2.3 Update 2 for Eclipse (Windows) > General Reference > COBOL Language Reference > Part 3. Additional Topics > Double-Byte Character Set Support > Procedure Division > The CALL Statement (DBCS)

The CALL Statement (DBCS)

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.
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