Al,

>>>So, if I read you right, this process speeds up the creation of estimates (I assume you mean 200/day(?) rather than 1 per hour), and provides information necessary for production if/when the estimate becomes a job?
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>>Exactly. It's not hard to see how this improvement is gained given the number of lookups and calculations required.
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>Thanks for the explanation. I work with a number of typically small companies, and I like to ask simple questions so I can figure out what they do, rather than how they do it. From time to time you find simple workarounds around out-of-control technical processes or even find out that chunks of what they were doing are completely unnecessary.
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>Wasn't it DF who said, "the best code, is no code"?

If you're speaking about David Frankenbach, I wouldn't be the least surprised. I've had the priviledge of doing some beta testing for him. He's one of the people in this community that I have the highest regard for, both personally and professionally.

I've seen plenty of examples of what you're talking about. Usually, they're "Coding Horrors".:-)