I don't believe how many responses I've seen to one posting and I'm
adding to the pile.
Troy, I don't know what your experience has been with this forum.
All I can do is speak of my own. I have been helped many times by
subscribers and Palm engineers. In addition, I have had to deal with
responses to my postings that did not help one lick. That's life! Overall
though I have to say that my experiences have been positive. I have been
helped and in the same token I have helped to the best of my ability. If
you don't find your answers here you may want to check the web for a Palm
developers group in your area, I found one here in Chicago.
No matter what try not to be abusive. It is a sure way to assure
you never receive any help. Good luck and I hope things turn around for
you.
Larry
"Dave Carrigan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:57958@palm-dev-forum...
>
> "HowY" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Spare yourself the grief. Read the SDK docs and sample sources. Post
> > here and dawn the flame proof undies!
>
> I started reading this forum just over a year ago, on the day I started
> my first ever PalmOS project. I went back and counted the posts I have
> made over the past year. There are a few dozen posts, and I didn't get
> flamed once. This is because I took the time to search the archives and
> the knowledge base for my answers before I posted on the forum. I can't
> count the times I have started a post, then went to the archives and KB
> during the course of phrasing my question, and found my answer without
> even having to post.
>
> The one time I posted without checking the archives first, my ansnwer
> was in there. Even then, I didn't get flamed; someone just gave me a
> link to the answer, in effect telling me to RTFM.
>
> I sympathize with the people on this forum who are getting sick of the
> freeloaders who come by looking for a handout rather than demonstrating
> that they've spent more than 5 seconds doing their own work (case in
> point: how do I do XML on PalmOS). Even more irritating is the attitude
> of entitlement that some of these people seem to have. Nobody on this
> forum owes anybody an answer, and I reserve my charity for people who
> deserve it.
>
> --
> Dave Carrigan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) | Yow! Uh-oh -- WHY am I
suddenly
> UNIX-Apache-Perl-Linux-Firewalls-LDAP-C-DNS | thinking of a VENERABLE
> Seattle, WA, USA | religious leader frolicking
on a
> http://www.rudedog.org/ | FORT LAUDERDALE weekend?
>
>
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