>>When designing a DLL to act as a COM server, is it necessary that all the functionality be contained within the class definition or can the DLL make use of a separate procedure file that is compiled into the DLL. OR can procedures be located outside of the class definition but at the end of the same prg file?
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>Yes, you can use external procedures/functions. Why it can be don, what's the point to include them after class definiton?

Thanks Sergey. I'm not sure of the answer or if its a good idea. I'll have to think about it some more. I'm building a web app that will have a DLL to run reports in PDF or other formats. The frx files will be external to the DLL so I don't have to take down the server to add new report formats. The report definition might need a function to lookup a value in another table, something like GetCompanyName(company_id). I'm trying to figure out the best way to set that up.