Help files

[Rob.Mills]

Does anyone else have this happen.

When I look up things in the help file, many selections don't open anything. It's like you need to reference a library for them or something.

 

[Jack Cowley]

Access help is in need of help.... If you are using Access2000 then help questions related to code are available when you are on a code page. If you have Access97 then use the help there because you will at least find the answer, assuming that one is available. No guarantee that you will be able to understand the answer, but at least you should be able to find it.... Next thing to do is to get Microsoft to hire Pat Hartman to write the help files as her prose is at least 5 magnitudes better than that of the MS help file writers...

Jack

 

[Rob.Mills]

I'd have to agree that it needs help. I'm running 2000 and that's the only version I have. I was trying to look up things on replication. I just started dabbling in it and want to find as much info as I can. Mostly what I'm interested in is creating code that will automatically handle conflicts instead of giving the option to the users. Know of anywhere I can find some tips?

 

[Jack Cowley]

You are welcome Pat. I must admit that the help files are generally 'helpful' but I do find the prose sometimes difficult. I am sure that some of it has to do with not being totally fluent in the language of Access, VBA and databases as Access is an avocation for me. I find your explanations concise and easy to grasp whereas an Access help explanation can leave me wondering what I just read. Be that as it may, I just wanted you to know how much I appreciate all that you do for those of us 'playing' with Access for our own amusement and amazement.

Jack

 

[Jack Cowley]

I could not have stated it better! That is why I want you to write the help files! I find some of the code examples almost irrelevant and only confuse the issue when a simple and direct example would have been so much better. I laughed out loud out your DLookup() example as that is PERFECT. I must see 3 questions a day on how to use DLookup() because the user can't make sense of it. Not a single example of using text or a date as criteria... Oh well, I am beating a dead horse....

Thanks Pat!