TIP OF THE DAY -- Help Screens

[Enrique Arredondo]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Pancero" <postmaster at cobbinc.com>
To: "Filepro List" <filepro-list at lists.celestial.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 8:14 AM
Subject: TIP OF THE DAY -- Help Screens


> 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

The help screen kills all the wonders that filepro can do. All the new
programmers that buy filepro and just have the help screen for reference
I'll bet you they are going to find another database and throw this one to
the trash can or sell it at ebay.