I downloaded an OS X utility (chmox) that can open Windows-only help files (.chm) files. So now I can read the documentation you linked to. You say you can use this FM documentation in a browser, but surely that is only on Windows? Or does FM on OS X install something that enables you to view it in Safari?
It's not clear me why you think that FM help is better than the documentation that comes with Revolution. Maybe the OS X utility does not render the chm file the way you see it on Windows, so I could be missing something. Revolution has: a) the User Guide in PDF and hard copy formats b) the Dictionary for reference purposes (also in hard copy format) c) the introductory and tutorial material in the Resource Center (which have downloadable stacks, demo vidoes, and the tutorial can be viewed in PDF format). The FM help documentation seems to me to offer only 1 thing that the Rev docs don't: everything is in one place and can be reached by drilling-down using the disclosure triangles. I can see why someone might think that is useful, as there is only one place to look. But it could also be a hinderance once one no longer needs the bulk of that material, but one still has to d But as far as a new user learning what a tool is all about, I think the RunRev way is better: i) a simple book that takes one on a tour of the environment and the paradigm behind Revolution ii) individual tutorials that include the material necessary to complete each tutorial, AND a video The Rev User Guide and tutorials are far more visiual than the FM help. I'm surprised to look through that .chm file and see how un-visual it is. And once one is past the learning stage, then as a user the Reference component of the FM help would also really annoy me and get in my way. Rev's dictionary is separate from the rest of the help because once one is over the initial learning stage, one needs it to be ready to hand but not obstructive. Also, when one bears in mind that Rev is a tool with which one could actually build something like FM, one might expect that the documentation for FM would be easier to write. FM has a much more delimited field of operation: the tutorial material can be focussed on a smaller area and can be exhaustive. Please tell me why you think there is something for RunRev to learn from the way FM has done it. Is it just that having the User Guide, the tutorials/videos, and the Dictionary in different places is the problem? Maybe there are other components to the FM documentation that would cover some of the failings I've mentioned. Bernard On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 8:21 PM, William Moseid<[email protected]> wrote: > The D/L link is a compressed Help File (fmpro_help) that one can use in a > browser. What Help? Well, in this case it is Filemaker. The reason for > including it > is to illustrate a reasonable approach for new to expert Revolution developers > as another way to present Help for Revolution. > > This is a compiled html file visable in a browser: > http://www.fmpsolutions.com/fmpro_help.zip _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
