Re: Dynamic Multi-File Processing

[Mike <koldark@xxxxxxxxx>]

The more I ponder this, the more I really think this would be a good place
for XML. Another option would be a positional file of some sort similar to
ACH or the tax files you send to the IRS (assume your in the US).

On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 3:35 PM, Robert Munday <rwmunday@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Charles,
>
>
> ----Original Message-----
> From: "Wilt, Charles" <WiltC@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> <<<  in your example, each company gets an equal %.  >>>
>
> That was just an example.  It could be 80, 15 and 5.
>
> What I was considering was how to do this in one program.  What might be
> better is to determine my file names and percentages in a separate program,
> then process one at a time using overrides.  That way I can name/create my
> file based upon the three characters from the table, populate each of the
> multiple outside companies' files and send them on via stream files.  To
> complicate things, if the record has been sent to one of the other companies
> in the past, I am to choose a new company.  Hopefully they will spread the
> love around.  To finish, I must make a flat file of each in whatever form
> the operations manager chooses to send them.
>
> Thanks for your note.
>
>
> Robert Munday
> Munday Software Consultants
> Montgomery, AL
> on assignment in Columbia, SC
>
>
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