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C$CALLERR Routine

This routine may be called to retrieve the reason why the last CALL statement failed. For accurate information, it must be called before any other CALL statement is executed.

Usage

CALL "C$CALLERR"
   USING ERR-CODE, ERR-MESSAGE

Parameters

ERR-CODE PIC X(2)

The single PIC X(2) parameter in this routine receives one of the following values:

01
Program file missing or inaccessible
02
Called file not a COBOL program
03
Corrupted program file
04
Inadequate memory available to load program
05
Unsupported object code version number
06
Recursive CALL of a program
07
Too many external segments
08
Large-model program not supported (returned only by runtimes that do not support large-model programs)
09
Exit Windows and run SHARE.EXE to run multiple copies of WRUNCBL (returned only by Windows runtimes)
14
Japanese objects are not supported (returned only by runtimes that do not support Japanese objects)

ERR-MESSAGE (optional) PIC X(n)

This routine may optionally be passed a second alphanumeric parameter. This parameter is filled in with a descriptive message about the error encountered.