Merrill, Jason schrieb:
You cannot extend the TextField class or static classes
(from: http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flash/8/main/00001359.html)
took me 1 minute to find.
Micha, so then if you can't extend it, why wouldn't you just SAY that
instead of telling him to read up on classes in TFM.
because i would always have to look it up myself. he could have done that too, i don't read
in his post that he's done that. he even is unclear about what he's trying to achieve. and
why he's not taking the prototype road. just stating that he doesn't want to.
The statement,
"RTFM where it says all about classes" to most logical people would
imply there is a way if you just take the time read the manual, not that
if you take the time to read the manual, you'll discover you can't do
it.
yeah that might be the case. but it took me 1 minute to find what he was looking for, just
by going to the archives, pasting his claim 'extending TextField' into the searchfield, look
over the results, picking the 1st on the first result page that has 'extending TextField' in
it's subject, clicking back to where it started, and find the piece i was looking for.
and really this didn't take more than a minute. what is so difficult about that, that one
cannot do this BEFORE asking us all?
I think perhaps your RTFM attitude is/was uncalled for and unfair to the
poster. This is the kind of attitude that has degraded the list, not
that the gurus have gone on. You could say "RTFM" to just about anything
you think YOU'RE a wiz at.
no. but i do say that, when i did a quick search in the archives, just to be sure. and
everybody posting to this list SHALL first search the archives. just click te link @ the end
of any mail you get from flashcoders that says:
"or search the archive:
<http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders>".
it's that easy.
Some people HAVE read the manual (which your
link was actual to the Live Docs, not the built in help), or couldn't
find it in the manual, and just want to ask for some legitimate help,
which is what this list is for.
but there are nonetheless rules for this list. one of them is:
"search the archive:
<http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders>"
If you think someone should just read
the manual, then don't bother responding, just keep quiet rather than
trying to cop an attitude and make them feel stupid for asking.
not stupid for asking but maybe too lazy for not searching first.
micha
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