Re: Supportline page (was:TCP/IP

No need for you to apologize.  ;-)

I didn't mean to imply that the link doesn't work, it's just that there's no
way to link directly to the document.  FWIW, I tried
http://as400service.ibm.com/supporthome.nsf/document/18300213 and got a
"non-existent document" error.

Is it just me?  Or does it seem ludicrous to not be able to do this?

Dan Bale
IT - AS/400
Handleman Company
248-362-4400  Ext. 4952

-------------------------- Original Message --------------------------
Sorry about that... most of the time the link works...
but any who...here is the document 18300213


D.BALE@handleman.com wrote:
>
> >http://as400service.ibm.com/supporthome.nsf/document/10000051
>
> Pat, this is not a slam on you, but on IBM...
>
> You know what *REALLY* ticks me off about this link?  You can't link
 directly
> to a specific document!  I've almost got this link committed to memory from
> all the suggestions over time to find various documents using this link.
> Please, everybody, if you find a useful document on this, please PLEASE
> include the document number!  Then, at least, one can SEARCH on the document
> number to find the document.
>
> Search?, hmmm, not available on the main page.  Where's that search window?
> Oh, yeah, click on one of the links, like "All Documents" to see the link
 for
> that.  Click on Search and enter the document number.
>
> Oh, yeah, the document number, where does one find THAT?  You look through
 the
> entire document wondering where in the h*ll IBM hid the durned thing, then
> come back to the top and see "+ Document Information" and click on the "+"
 to
> find it hidden there.  IBM apparently doesn't deem the document number
> important enough to include in the "normal" text of the document, which
 means
> if someone hands or faxes you the document without the "+ Document
> Information" expanded, you have no easy way of getting to the online
 document.
>
> I'd finish by saying "Don't get me started" but I'm past that point now.
>
> Did IBM Marketing design this page?
>
> So, Pat, what was the document number of the doc you were referring to?  <g>
>
> Dan Bale
> IT - AS/400
> Handleman Company
> 248-362-4400  Ext. 4952
>
> -------------------------- Original Message --------------------------
> I posted an earlier message on "HOW TO DO IT" but here is another
>
> I found while browsing through the bush....
>
> http://as400service.ibm.com/supporthome.nsf/document/10000051
>
> It's about like the other, but anyway for what it's worth, it
> might help you along...
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