TIP OF THE DAY -- Help Screens

Tom Pancero postmaster at cobbinc.com
Thu Mar 25 08:14:25 PST 2004


I have long been dismayed with the 'Help' screens available with Filepro.
It appears to me that the contents of the Help screens were written by 
someone who
is very well versed in Filepro and seems to make certain assumptions 
about the
level of understanding the reader has.

I rarely use the Help screens for anything other than checking on the 
syntax of a
command.  This seems to me to be a waste of a valuable reference tool.

I have long believed that any instruction sheets, or help files, should 
be EDITED by
someone who has very little connection to the 'Black Room Code Cutters'.

An item for the 'Wish List' .......

How about a committee (arg!) to review/modify the Help files where they 
could
tweak the format and content of the files.  With a resource like the 
Filepro List
I am sure the product of their (the committee) efforts would be significant.

End_of_rant



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