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I do not mean to be negative or overly critical. However, I have been
disappointed with the responses received from posting requests for assistance
with problems. Very few times have I actrually received a response that
actually worked. Almost none of the code examples I received worked. The
information was too vague, assuming I have been programming for a long time.
It would help if examples given for code were more complete with instructions
on where to actually place the code and where to link it too. I am a visual
person and do better with step-by-step instructions and complete code
examples.

Thank you for your time!
j1eggert
 
I'm sorry you have had a bad experience here. Still you have to remember
that everyone who comes here does so as a volunteer and, in many cases, our
time is quite limited. We often have to provide answers on the fly. Also, we
can only work with the information we are given. We can't see your database
or your data. That can make providing the complete step-by-step instructions
you want quite difficult.

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Lynn Trapp
MS Access MVP
www.ltcomputerdesigns.com
Access Security: www.ltcomputerdesigns.com/Security.htm
Jeff Conrad's Access Junkie List:
http://home.bendbroadband.com/conradsystems/accessjunkie.html
 
Your are correct, and I was probably venting my frustrations. Thank you for
your response.
 
I do not mean to be negative or overly critical. However, I have been
disappointed with the responses received from posting requests for assistance
with problems. Very few times have I actrually received a response that
actually worked. Almost none of the code examples I received worked. The
information was too vague, assuming I have been programming for a long time.
It would help if examples given for code were more complete with instructions
on where to actually place the code and where to link it too. I am a visual
person and do better with step-by-step instructions and complete code
examples.

Thank you for your time!
j1eggert
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Bear in mind: we who answer questions here are NOT paid tech support.
We are volunteers, donating our time; some of us have salaried jobs
(and answer in off time), some like me are self employed consultants,
some are students. We answer many questions, sometimes many hundreds
of questions. Some questions come from experienced people who just
need a quick pointer to a solution; some come from people completely
new to programming who need more help - it's not always obvious who is
in which category!

What you're asking is that every answer should be a complete, fully
worked out solution requiring no effort or thought on your part, other
than copying and pasting the complete code example into your database.
I find this unreasonable. If you had hired someone to program your
database that would be one thing; but this support is free of charge.

Almost anyone here will be glad to clarify points that you're having
trouble with, or expand upon an initial quick answer. If your first
answer doesn't communicate what you need, please reply to it,
requesting more help; if you make it clear that you're trying to learn
to solve the problem yourself, and are just having trouble, we'll be
glad to help. Just don't ask us to do all your work for you free of
charge.

John W. Vinson[MVP]
 
I do apologize for my comment, I didn't mean that I was looking for complete
solutions that I could just copy and paste, but a more complete explanation
with a little more direction. And, you have not read all the responses to my
questions to understand what I am referring to. Most of the responses to my
questions have been made under the assumption that I am an experienced
programmer. In other fields like techical writing, the standard is to write
at the eighth grade level and not assume that everyone can read at the
college level. The same standard could apply to this discussion group. Again,
I do apologize if I offended you.
 
Thanks for your understanding!

Lynn Trapp said:
No problem. Just for future reference, if you encounter frustration with an
answer please feel free to post back asking for a clarification. Most of the
volunteers here will be glad to keep working with you until you get your
problem worked out.

--
Lynn Trapp
MS Access MVP
www.ltcomputerdesigns.com
Access Security: www.ltcomputerdesigns.com/Security.htm
Jeff Conrad's Access Junkie List:
http://home.bendbroadband.com/conradsystems/accessjunkie.html
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