I'm late to the thread, but I'll chime in with my
"due lire" anyway. ;)

At 12:52 PM -0400 4/18/00, [log in to unmask] wrote:
>The first unofficial rule of thumb for complex process is to do
>everything you can in Quiz, then save QTP for the updates and adds.

then Barry Lake writes:
>Actually, I go even further: The first unofficial rule of thumb is to
>do everything you can in SUPRTOOL. Then pass the results to PowerHouse.

Okay so far...

> Use either Quiz or QTP to create an empty template subfile.

Personally, I use *only* QTP for this, for a few reasons:

   1. Quiz "flattens" record structures, while QTP preserves it.
      For example, a record like

          field1       x10
          field2       x4
             field2a   x2
             field2b   x2
          field 3      x4

      includes *all* fields in QTP, but only

          field1       x10
          field2a      x2
          field2b      x2
          field3       x4

      in Quiz.  That is, the name 'field2' would be lost!

   2. A consequence of (1) means that record structures that
      do not fully redefine themselves end up with a SHORTER
      record length than with QTP!  For example, deleting
      field2b from the above, as in

          field1       x10
          field2       x4
             field2a   x2
          field3       x4

      yields only

          field1       x10
          field2a      x2
          field3       x4

      in Quiz!

   3. QTP lets you create a completely empty subfile, while
      Quiz has no "nice" way of creating the empty subfile.

The one "advantage" I've found with Quiz is that the ACCESS
statement is optional.  That is, a subfile can be created with
only non-dictionary items without having to access another file
as a "dummy."

Not that this relates to the topic of "QTP as a pig,"
but I thought it relevant.

--Glenn