calling ISPLINK from COBOL

I'm trying to convert the following pseudo code to run under COBOL -


DCL TCCSID CHAR(5); /* TERMINAL CCSID */

CALL ISPLINK('VDEFINE','ZTERMCID',TCCSID,'CHAR',

LENGTH(TCCSID));

CALL ISPLINK('VGET ','ZTERMCID','SHARED ');
and I've come up with -

WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
01 TCCSID PIC X(5).
01 LCCSID PIC S9(8) VALUE 5.
01 VDEFINE PIC X(8) VALUE 'VDEFINE '.
01 ZTERMCID PIC X(8) VALUE 'ZTERMCID'.
01 CHAR PIC X(4) VALUE 'CHAR'.
01 VGET PIC X(8) VALUE 'VGET '.
01 SHARED PIC X(8) VALUE 'SHARED '.
PROCEDURE DIVISION.
CALL 'ISPLINK' USING
VDEFINE ZTERMCID TCCSID CHAR LCCSID.
DISPLAY RETURN-CODE UPON SYSOUT.
CALL 'ISPLINK' USING
VGET ZTERMCID SHARED.
DISPLAY RETURN-CODE UPON SYSOUT.
DISPLAY TCCSID UPON SYSOUT
GOBACK.

but I'm getting rc=20 - severe error from both calls to ISPLINK. It's 20
years since I've done any of this stuff and I've been looking at it all
afternoon without success. Can someone put me out of my Friday afternoon
misery please. Is it time to go home yet.

Jim

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