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[Bob Stockler]

Subject: Re: just an update
Reply-To: 
In-Reply-To: <ops1z3h2kpk4239l at zeos>

Right on, Laura . . .

I offered fPtech a license to distribute my MENU EDIT II to
replace/supplement their filePro User Menu creation/editing
program at no out-of-pocket (nor residuals) costs to them or
to their users.  Practically free !!!

Whether it's a NIH (Not-Invented-Here) syndrom, or an OHITS
(Ostridge-Head-In-The-Sand) syndrom, I don't know.

fPtech has a lot of users (many since PROFILE II) who want
it to survice and be profitable for its owners and users.

I am one of them.

Bob

PS - Those who have not read the message to which I am
     responding, please read below.

Laura Brody wrote (on Sun, Dec 18, 2005 at 05:31:04PM -0500):

| On Sun, 18 Dec 2005 15:38:19 -0500, John Esak <john at valar.com> wrote:
| 
| >Yes, and unfortuntely, I lost Laura's Help files when I installed 5.014.
| 
| 	Look for a private message with the files attached....
| 	
| 	Do you still have the Quick Reference Guide?
| 
| >And many people don't have LHF
| 
| 	I'd like to change that.
| 
| >... but my comment is way beyond all that.
| >Both Laura's and the company's Help files are organized alphabetically.
| 
| 	My help files are arranged both ways. In the QRG, pages 30
| and 31 have all of the processing commands sorted by groups (debugging,
| processing flow, user interface, process data, filePro file I/O,
| System file I/O, math functions, trig functions, log functions,
| financial functions, date math functions, printed output, HTML
| and objects). When you are in *cabe, press the HELP (F10) key, then
| the SEARCH key (F9), you get a menu of all of these groupings followed
| by the alphabetical list. Almost every entry of help has a "See also"
| with related environmental variable names, processing commands and
| system arrays which would help even an experienced filePro
| programmer to complete a given task faster and more efficiently.
| 
| 	The environmental variables listed in the ddir/dprodir help
| is organized in the exact same way.
| 
| 	The only thing that *I* can't understand is why I have
| offered this product to fP Tech and *never* get a response of
| any kind. I could have it in my head to GIVE it to them for a
| $1 a year license fee and they would never know it because
| no one there seems to be the least bit interested in talking to
| me about it. The help files that they have are almost
| worthless. They haven't had a Quick Reference Guide since v4.8
| (over 10 years ago) and no printed manual. The sample files are
| 20 years old and show it. This is a bad situation and fP Tech
| doesn't want to fix it. They could license my help files and
| QRG (throw me a few bucks to update it for new versions), hire
| Howie to create some eye-popping sample files and then hire
| you, John, to create a "movie" to point out the key points
| of interest in the sample code. Heck the "movie" could even
| be sold as an "add-on" rather than included for free. The help
| files and QRG already exist. New sample files/code & a movie
| that could be created almost with a flick of your and Howie's
| talented wrists.
| 
| 	Maybe I'm stupid, but I just don't understand .....
| I'm frustrated but done ranting about it for now.
| -- 
| Laura Brody, Publisher of the filePro Developer's Journal
| +------------- Hudson Valley Computer Associates, Inc ----------+
| | PO Box 859 120 Sixth Street    http://www.hvcomputer.com      |
| | Verplanck, NY 10596-0859       Voice mail: (914) 739-5004     |
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Author: MENU EDIT II - The BEST Creator/Editor/Manager for filePro User Menus.
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