tclproc vs. xlate

[Kevin Crist]

how do you know when to use a tclproc or xlate. i understand  that xlates are preferred if possible. sorry for the dumb question. just a beginner.

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[Nate Kruse]

Ours is mostly user preference; however, we would rather use xlates when possible as it does a few things:

1.  self documents

2.  new employees will likely pick up xlates faster than learning tcl (if not from a programming background).

3.  xlates have a standardized structure, tcl code is dependent on the user coding it.  Each person codes tcl differently.

[Kevin Crist]

thanks. i am trying to move a what is populated in an ft1-28 field to the ft1-9. My initial thought was to do it in an xlate. when i got to looking the ft1 only shows 25 fields in the segment. so i was kind of torn between tcl proc and trying to make a new field in the hl7 configurator. I am new to interfaces and this is my first real project. so i am little slow and unsure.

[Max Drown (Infor)]

Moving fields around is usually best done in an xlate.

-- Max Drown (Infor)

[Jared Miller]

I would go with using an xlate in this situation, but I agree that it is a user preference.

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