system command - problem resolved
Dennis Malen
dmalen at malen.com
Mon Nov 7 13:44:01 PST 2005
Scott,
Thanks for your suggestion. In my haste to get the responses back I do
sometimes hit "reply all" to fast.
I will be more careful in the future. Thank's for your input.
Dennis
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Walker" <scottw1 at alltel.net>
To: "Dennis Malen" <dmalen at malen.com>; <john at valar.com>; "pmahler"
<pmahler at malen.com>
Cc: "Fplist (E-mail)" <filepro-list at seaslug.org>
Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 4:28 PM
Subject: Re: system command - problem resolved
> Dennis,
>
> I am no expert but I would like to give you a friendly comment. I think a
> large portion of you having difficulty in getting your problems resolved
> has to do with your way of asking questions. I would like to suggest
> that you use language that is more precise when asking a question or
> responding to a request for further information. Maybe slow down and
> reread your posts a few times before hitting send. In the world of
> computer programming, either you are precise or you simply confuse
> everyone who is trying to help you.....(they are used to dealing with
> precision).
>
> Also, if you are going to work in filePro, try to use the filePro word for
> things. It prevents confusion.
>
> For example, you said:
>
>> First, what I meant by "open fields" was that they were not restricted
>> fields.
>
> You were imprecise twice (heah I'm a poet!). This is just sloppy for
> someone who has been using filePro for many years.
>
> You called them "open fields" and nobody had any idea (or at least not
> definately) what you were talking about. Then you said what you meant were
> they were not restricted.
>
> Call them what they are in filePro lingo:
>
> open fields=not protected
>
> restricted fields = protected field
>
>
> Over the last few weeks there have been other times when you use imprecise
> terms that are ambivelent. I encourage you to be more precise and if
> filePro uses a special term for something, then you should use that term
> also so people can better understand you and help.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Scott Walker
> RAM Systems Corp.
>
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