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Thank you Scott, an excellent point and way of expressing!
it's just that I am in the midst of some of this code that I haven't done
in a very very long time
> Hi Steve,
>
> A few tips about using this mailing list:
>
> a) Don't reply to unrelated messages in order to continue a previous
> conversation.  E-mail and news readers that do "threading" will make your
> message look like it's part of the thread that you reply to.
>
> b) Don't change the subject of your messages when you're continuing a
> previous conversation.  Change it only when changing to a different
> conversation.  This makes it easy to group all of your messages together
> and read the whole conversation at once.
>
> For an example of what I'm talking about, look at the Midrange.com
> archives for this month:
>    http://archive.midrange.com/rpg400-l/200512/threads.html
>
> Notice the way that the messages that are related to each other are
> usually grouped together?  With replies indented under the message they
> reply to?  That makes it easy to read and follow.
>
> Then, look at your discussion about subfiles.  It's all over the place.
> Think about what it might be like to come back a year from now and try to
> review that subfile discussion.  Unless you happen to remember the exact
> subjects of every message you posted, it'd be very difficult to track down
> all of the posts relating to that discussion.
>
> Please understand that I'm not saying this to criticize you, but rather as
> a friendly tip.  There's a lot of valuable content in your thread -- if
> you make it easy to read, it can help a lot of people.
>
> ---
> Scott Klement  http://www.scottklement.com
>
> On Fri, 30 Dec 2005, steema@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
>> OK I found a work around to the previous problem. I wrote a second
>> subfile
>> program that presents the data in the way required.
>>
> [SNIP]
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