Re: VAI

["M. Lazarus" <mlazarus@xxxxxxxx>]

Mark,

 How are their accounting modules (A/R, A/P, G/L)?

 Are they tightly integrated or can they be used standalone?

 Is the code fairly clean or would it put a bowl of pasta to shame?


 -mark

At 10/30/07 08:07 AM, you wrote:
> Mike,
>
> My shop has been on VAI for many years.  But, I've only been here for 5
> months so can't give you a long term view.  We've liked it enough to
> consider other components - their forecasting piece will likely be the next
> subsystem we add.  The objects are ILE, but some of the actual code appears
> to be RPG II - not a lot (if any) of the ILE functionality is used.  The
> only /free use in our code is the enhancements we have made.  I have not
> seen any subprocedures used in the base code.
>
> So, I'd expect that the code would look very familiar to you, even though
> the source is in ILE members.
>
> Feel free to contact me off list with other questions/concerns.
>
> Mark Plank
>
> On 10/30/07, Mike Berman <mikeba777@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > HI We are looking at a package called "VAI" written in RPG. We are an old
> > RPG shop, meaming that we have not yet embraced ILE or any of the new
> > techniques. Is this package an easy one to learn? are there are pitfalls to
> > be aware of?