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Joe Pluta wrote:
> 
> > From: Barbara Morris
> >
> > The best rule-of-thumb scheme I've seen for activation groups is to have
> > the first program in an application be *NEW and all the other programs
> > and service programs be *CALLER.
> 
> For larger shops or applications using a menuing system, an alternate rule
> of thumb might be that any program called from a menu be ACTGRP(*NEW),
> everything else be *CALLER.
> 

I agree.  I guess the rule of thumb could be 

Use *NEW for the following programs:
  - programs called from the command line by users, either 
    directly or as command-processing-programs
  - programs called from a menu
Use *CALLER for all other programs and service programs.


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