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Al,

Have you tried the Advanced Search?

Rob Berendt
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"Al Barsa/Barsa Consulting" <barsa@barsaconsulting.com>
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05/06/2002 03:50 PM
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For example:

I recently had an occasion to use a prompt override program for a command.
I searched for over a half hour in the information center, got hundreds of
irrelevant hits, and never found the data that I was looking for,

I walked down the hall, and got my V2R3 CL book (that was the last real
release where we published manuals), and found the prompt override program
section in 30 seconds.

Al

Al Barsa, Jr.
Barsa Consulting Group, LLC

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                    Jeff Crosby
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                    05/06/02 03:35 PM
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Anne Lucas wrote:

> Please provide me, in separate email to alucas@us.ibm.com, specific
> problems on Info Center.  I have a list, but would like to get the
details,
> please.... have already forwarded your comments to date to the owner of
the
> program....   Thanks!

With all due respect, I think that's impossible.  To me, the problem is
systemic.

Ever compile an RPG program and misspell a file name?  This causes a
level "40" error and causes umpteen field names to be undefined and so
many other errors via the domino effect that it's scary.  To try to find
any other typos or errors at that point is a complete waste of time.
Your only productive recourse is to correct the file name misspelling
and compile again.

That's where I believe the Info Center is.  It is so disorganized,
unintuitive, and convoluted that it's useless in it's present form.  I
have to spend all my time and brainpower trying to figure out how the
%@*# I'm going to find what I need instead of being able to focus on my
problem.  If and when I ever find _anything_ that applies from the Info
Center, I have lost all train of thought on what I was originally trying
to do.

It's scary to me to believe the infocenter people don't already know the
problems after all these years of us complaining.  I am really tired of
being repeatedly asked to document the problems to no avail.

Until recently I thought I was the only one who was still using the V3R2
Library Reader for reference.

I know you asked for the email to be to you, but I want to know whether
others on the list think my response is out of line.

--
Jeff Crosby
Dilgard Frozen Foods, Inc.
P.O. Box 13369
Ft. Wayne, IN 46868-3369
260-422-7531

The opinions expressed are my own and not necessarily
the opinion of my company.  Unless I say so.

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