>>John Kozil WROTE ? I agree with John Petersen on the point of...what is the problem?
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>>I can probably come up with one or two more when my eye's stop bleeding and my wittle head stop's hurting. All we need now is for Jim Nelson to join in on this and
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>>It's the end of the world as we know it…. And I feel Fine.
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>I agree with JP also. In hindsight, I probably should have replied to the originator instead of JK.
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>I was just elaborating on what's the problem by illustrating there is a very high level of support on UT. VFP developers may be outnumbered, but I dare say the support provided on the VB forum certainly can not beat, but it may be equal to, the support on the VFP forum. When you combine the UT with the other resources, Compuserve and a few other sites, the MS KB and MSDN, just about any question can be answered [and probably already has been answered].
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>Granted, someone making an inquiry may not get the complete code needed, but they will certainly get an idea of where to look or start. This, IMO, is better than giving the total and complete answer with code because you learn nothing when something is just given to you. My 9th grade biology teacher taught how to study, and college taught me how to learn and how to look for solutions. 'Tis better to be pointed in the right direction than to be given the answer straight out.
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>Sample code has its place and is certainly helpful, but sometimes developers only need to be pointed in the right direction.

Experience alone, IMHO is the worst teacher. You take the test, fail of course, and then you are asked if you would like to take this class again. If however you are given all the answers I don't think most people tend to be able to reapply this answer in a slightly different circumstance. The best way is when given a little training, as you suggest, then you know what direction to go. That’s what makes this place so great!

Jeff