Sir:

Is there any reason that the jump start section of the manual is so riddled with errors?

For example (one of many, many, many):
Step 5 - Creating an Orders Business Rule Class states that the CheckRules Hook() code should look like this ...

' Checks business rules against the specified DataTable
Public Overrides Function CheckRulesHook(ByVal ds As DataSet, ByVal tableName As String) As Boolean
    Me.ValidateShipName(Me.DataRow("ShipName"))
    Me.ValidateShipRegion(Me.DataRow("ShipRegion").ToString())

    Return Me.ErrorProviderBrokenRuleCount = 0
End Function

However, when following the link, in the middle of the page, Creating Custom Business Rule Objects the instructions for creating the same method reads like this:

Public Overrides Function CheckRulesHook(ds As DataSet, tableName As String) As Boolean

   If Not (ds Is Nothing) Then
      Dim dr As DataRow = ds.Tables(tableName).Rows(0)
   
      Me.ValidateShipName(dr("ShipName").ToString())
      Me.ValidateShipRegion(dr("ShipRegion").ToString())
   End If
   
   Return Me.ErrorProviderBrokenRuleCount = 0
End Function

Oversights of this magnitude cause heartache to those trying to learn the software solely via the manual ... I hope the quality of the documentation does not reflect in the code base itself. I also hope these errors are not purposeful in order to generate training revenue.

Regards,

Charles T. Blankenship