Reinventing or writing just one procedure that appears in the RPG xTools can cost you more than the purchase price for the entire RPG xTools library.
| Without RPG xTools | With RPG xTools | Your Save! | You Save! | You Save! | |||
| Hours | Hours | ||||||
| Designing | 2.00 | 0.00 | |||||
| Writing subprocedure code | 15.00 | 0.00 | |||||
| Writing prototype | 0.50 | 0.00 | |||||
| Building (compiling) | 0.50 | 0.00 | |||||
| Creating binder language | 1.00 | 0.00 | |||||
| Compile/Test/Debug the subprocedure | 4.00 | 0.00 | |||||
| Interfacing with applications | 0.25 | 0.25 | |||||
| Total hours: | 23.25 | 0.25 | at $45/hour | at $65/hour | at $85/hour | ||
| You save at least 20 hours of development time by using just one procedure! | At Least | At Least | At Least | ||||
| Your cost for in-house development: | Your cost: | $945.00 | $1400.00 | $1700.00 | |||
| Your savings by using the RPG xTools: | Your savings: | $50.00 | $600.00 | $800.00 | |||
| (Savings based on using just one subprocedure from the RPG xTools. Actual ROI will roughly repeat for each subprocedure being used.) |