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COBOL for Windows, Version 7.5, Programming Guide


Marking a program as callable by containing programs

Use the COMMON attribute in the PROGRAM-ID paragraph to specify that a program can be called by the containing program or by any program in the containing program. The COMMON program cannot be called by any program contained in itself.

Only contained programs can have the COMMON attribute.

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Nested programs


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