# Using helproutine from programs

**URL:** <https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/using-helproutine-from-programs/79519>\
**Category:** Forum\
**Tags:** Adabas-Natural, Natural, Natural-on-Mainframes\
**Created:** [November 18, 2008, 2:05am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/using-helproutine-from-programs/79519 "2008-11-18T02:05:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mishra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7c8e57/32.png) [@Mishra](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Mishra)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 2:05am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/using-helproutine-from-programs/79519/1 "2008-11-18T02:05:23Z")

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Hi,

I know about using the helproutines from within a MAP. But is there any way that I can call to HELPROUTINE from a program…?

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**Author:** ![Steve\_Robinson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/user_avatar/techcommunity.softwareag.com/steve_robinson/32/107_2.png) [@Steve\_Robinson](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Steve_Robinson)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 2:42am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/using-helproutine-from-programs/79519/2 "2008-11-18T02:42:05Z")

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Yes; the %J command, issued via a SET CONTROL statement, will allow you to invoke a helproutine. However, there is no provision for passing parameters to the helproutine.

steve

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**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, 2:51pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/using-helproutine-from-programs/79519/3 "2021-04-02T14:51:09Z")

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