# Using ADABAS with C/C++ **URL:** \ **Category:** Forum\ **Tags:** Adabas-Natural, Adabas, Adabas-on-Mainframes, Adabas-Basics-on-Mainframes\ **Created:** [August 26, 2006, 1:20am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/using-adabas-with-c-c/58114 "2006-08-26T01:20:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![David\_de\_Souza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@David\_de\_Souza](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/David_de_Souza)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2006, 1:20am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/using-adabas-with-c-c/58114/1 "2006-08-26T01:20:03Z")
Are there APIs or some helper tool to call ADABAS from C/C++ programs? I just started to develop on mainframe and I write in C/C++. I was asked to develop a piece of code that needs update an ADABAS table. Please let me know about references, samples and other resources, if available. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![KlaBue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/848f3c/32.png) [@KlaBue](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/KlaBue)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2006, 5:49pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/using-adabas-with-c-c/58114/2 "2006-08-30T17:49:15Z")
within the mainframe documentation you will find nothing about C/C++. But in the documentation for “OpenSystems” is a description how to use adabas from C: [url][http://techcommunity.softwareag.com/ecosystem/documentation/adabas/ada513unw/commands/calling.htm[/url]](http://techcommunity.softwareag.com/ecosystem/documentation/adabas/ada513unw/commands/calling.htm%5B/url%5D) You have to check the calling-conventions. as an example you can use this: [url][http://techcommunity.softwareag.com/ecosystem/documentation/adabas/ada811mfr/adamf/comref/ex\_over.htm#ex\_over[/url]](http://techcommunity.softwareag.com/ecosystem/documentation/adabas/ada811mfr/adamf/comref/ex_over.htm#ex_over%5B/url%5D) hth ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/original/3X/c/d/cd19967bb605d28a72d77eb83a1cae22f3df2eb8.svg) [@system](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2021, 2:39pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/using-adabas-with-c-c/58114/3 "2021-04-02T14:39:03Z")