IDENTIFICATION DIVISION. PROGRAM-ID. bbbb. ENVIRONMENT DIVISION. CONFIGURATION SECTION. SPECIAL-NAMES. DECIMAL-POINT IS COMMA. * crt status is status-field. * INPUT-OUTPUT SECTION. * FILE-CONTROL. DATA DIVISION. FILE SECTION. WORKING-STORAGE SECTION. 01 campo1 pic x(5) value spaces. 01 campo2 pic x(10) value spaces. 01 status-field pic xxxx value all '0'. PROCEDURE DIVISION chaining campo1 campo2. INI. display "I'm on bbbb". if campo1 = spaces and campo2 = spaces display "I'm invoked directly from the shell" else display "I came from chain" display "1st field passed : " campo1 display "2nd field passed : " campo2 end-if. STOP RUN.