Re: Program, Sub-Procedure or Service Program?

[John Rusling <jrusling@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Terri,

What Peter says.

John B.


> Hi Terri,
>
> One service program containing 2 procedures, one for cost, one for price.
>
> *Peter Dow* /
> Dow Software Services, Inc.
> 909 793-9050
> pdow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:pdow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> /
>
> On 3/1/2010 1:13 PM, tharteau@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
>     Hi,
>     ` I need to have a routine that returns the cost and price of an
>     item. There are many variables that come into play, so I want this
>     external to my original program. My first thought was to create a new
>     program and call it each time I hit a new item. Then I thought,Hey, this
>     is the 21st century, there has to be a better way! I have written a total
>     of one service program, quite some time ago, so I am pretty rusty. When I
>     write this new 'program', can I define it as a stand alone sub-procedure,
>     or should it be defined as a service program. This routine will be used
>     thousands of times to create the end report. I am also playing around
>     with the idea of 2 programs, one for cost and one for price. The other
>     option is to create a work file, update the cost& price in batch, then
>     print the report from the work file. Any suggestions?