Jannah
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Speaking from experience I cannot recommend strongly enough that you
document *all* of the customizations you make in ebase. I would say this
even if ebase was never going to be updated again, or if you had written the
code for FileMaker yourself. Here's why:
1)
you'll forget. Now, I'm probably overly forgetful, but everyone
forgets. And ebase is really complicated on the inside - lots o'
relations.
2) one
day you won't be there. You'll be on vacation and things will fall
apart. Or you'll retire. Then the organization has a problem becuase
the only place where the changes are documented is your
brain.
3) It
makes tech support easier. Say one day you just get stuck and need
help. Or you decide to make some more major modifications to ebase and use
a consultant. Having that documentation will really help the outside
person, saving you time and money.
I know
it's a pain, but there will come the day when it saves you, and then it will all
feel worth it!
Holly Ross
TechRocks
Consultant
212.812.4293
f)
202.318.0577
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-----------------------Original Message-----
From: Jannah Riemer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, May 11, 2001 4:26 PM
To: TechRocks Support
Subject: [support] Likely ebase upgrades, implementing in my 'version' of ebase
We've just adopted ebase and I am planning to make a number of changes. To document them all in detail feels like a big task. What plans or revisions are likely to happen for ebase, how many changes and how difficult would it be for "a filmaker pro" to implement them in my 'version' from ebase's instructions? I certainly understand that I can only expect an educated guess here... Thanks, Jannah Riemer Data Manager Cornucopia Community Advocates Sedona, AZ
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