To pass data from one form to another use EXTERNAL data items. To use EXTERNAL data items, define the same item in the WORKING-STORAGE SECTIONs of both parent and child forms.
For example, if you want to pass an 8 byte item called FORM-DATA from the parent to the child form, you would code the following in the WORKING-STORAGE SECTIONs of both forms:
01 FORM-DATA IS GLOBAL EXTERNAL PIC X(8).
