Banner Page using Quiz

[Robert J.M. Edis]

Chris,

Since when was swearing, especially the 'F' word, considered mild?


Blue
PowerHouse consultant
Rhode Island, USA

Disclaimer:
The opinions and ideas expressed in this message are my own and have no
relationship to my current employer, Initial Technical Staffing, its client
CCI, or any of CCI's clients.



	-----Original Message-----
	From:	Chris Sharman [SMTP:Chris.Sharman@ccagroup.co.uk]
	Sent:	Wednesday, March 10, 1999 12:23 PM
	To:	Leonard_Berkowitz@tufts-health.com
	Cc:	Chris.Sharman@ccagroup.co.uk; powerh-l@lists.swau.edu
	Subject:	RE: Banner Page using Quiz

	><<RTFM>>
	>
	>That's really not fair! You may be lucky to have the manuals close
at hand. In many
	>shops, with people moving around or if there are consultants, the
manuals are no
	>where to be seen.

	Yes, I do have manuals close to hand: but I knew, and I'd expect
most others to
	know, of "INITIAL HEADING" and "LOGONID". You have to have a working
knowledge
	of what's in the language, even if you do have to look up exact
syntax,
	cautions, warnings etc from time to time. If you don't know these
things you'll
	write crappy code from doing things the hard way when they were
built into the
	language for you.

	I presumed this was a beginner who hadn't taken the time to read &
digest
	the statement summary & function summary.

	If a beginner or anyone else is hampered by having no manuals, that
does
	suggest a certain carelessness: manuals always ship with the
product, and
	should be looked after & made available. I'd be very unimpressed if
I was
	expected to get to grips with a new language with no documentation.

	I thought "RTFM", as well as the answer, was quite mild.

	Now that I *have* looked in the manual, there's other ways to do it:
	"set report device printer flag" will do it too (provided you're
using a
	proper operating system ;) ).

	Regards,
	Chris Sharman
	
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	Chris Sharman			Chris.Sharman@CCAgroup.co.uk
	CCA Stationery Ltd, Eastway, Fulwood, Preston, Lancashire, PR2 9WS.
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