Well I always wanted to play with COBOL lol. It's just infuriating how there's no decent docs on how to call a damn C function anywhere. I mean there is for DEC UNIX COBOL, but not VMS. On 12 Sep 2012, at 22:00, Mark Wickens wrote: Sampsa, I've said it before, I'll say it again - your vintage forays sometimes make me look distinctly normal ;) Keep up the good work! Mark.