Golf scoring and recording

[Zack Barresse]

... (if you can manage to ignore Mr Bop's unhelpful remarks) ...

... And how quaint that you consider such a widely used and useful word to be offensive. I should have used "******" - which so far has been an acceptable word on this forum - instead of the ******* word I actually used. (I hope that "*******" is acceptable.)

Should it matter how useful and/or widely used a word is? :wink:

Please do not reply to this post. I approve this message.

 

[Legacy 32701]

I shall repeat the remark that the OP considers unhelpful.

There is no reason to make this sort of thing dependant on the existence of Template Wizard in the user's computer and it is a poor decision to do so.

Well planned, user-friendly projects should not require users to install additional software unnecessarily - they should be "turn-key" when possible (as in this case).
(The OP might find this useful : http://www.freevbcode.com/ShowCode.asp?ID=3569 )

I suppose I'm wasting my time since the OP, having asked for comments, does not appear prepared to accept a valid criticism and make changes to his golf thing.

If the OP is determined not to eliminate the need for Template Wizard, then I suggest that if it does not exist in a user's computer, all that should open is a message box that advises it needs to be installed to use Scorecard, and to explain how to do that.

At present, Scorecard gets opened in an unusable format and the instruction on installing is not highlighted and is mixed in with a bunch of other instructions on using Scorecard/Database (which can't be used anyway until Template Wizard is installed). Users should not have to read through these instructions in order to discover the only instruction that is relevant.

I have not installed Template Wizard and do not intend to, so I cannot offer any other comments (I can't open Scorecard properly without it).

Edited by Nate: Moved paren. at the end of hyperlink

 

[Legacy 32701]

Should it matter how useful and/or widely used a word is?

Not necessarily. But then I was merely paraphrasing the OP's claim that Template Wizard is "fairly widely used and useful".

I wonder what information he has to support this claim?

 

[just_jon]

{snip}, so I cannot offer any other comments (I can't open Scorecard properly without it).

Then,

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Originally posted by firefytr:

Should it matter how useful and/or widely used a word is?

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Not necessarily. But then I was merely paraphrasing the OP's claim that Template Wizard is "fairly widely used and useful".

I wonder what information he has to support this claim?

Do not.

 

[Legacy 32701]

To just_jon

I'm sorry, smart-****. I should have checked with you first before posting again to make sure it was OK with you.

Unlike you, I've actually been attempting to post some constructive comments to the OP.

 

[Von Pookie]

Being helpful and posting constructive criticism is one thing. The use of completely unnecessary language within that constructive criticism sends a completely different message, however.

 

[juniper622]

I don't agree with the comments about the requirement of the Template Wizard. It's not necessary for use of the scorecard only but does make it easy for users to keep a record of scores. As for the wider use of the Template Wizard it is common in the corporate environment and used to assist many less experienced users get the best from Excel.

However, I have taken the comments constructively and added additional instructions to the scorecard and posted a note on the page about the need to use the template wizard for the database.

The download issues were related to the server. This should be resolved as I have moved the site to a different server. I would also recommend users consider Mozilla Firefox instead of Internet Explorer.

 

[Legacy 32701]

Being helpful and posting constructive criticism is one thing. The use of completely unnecessary language within that constructive criticism sends a completely different message, however.

It's about time you joined the real World.

 

[NateO]

This forum is hosted with the intention of light banter/chit chat/jokes amongst members.

Please refrain from providing psychological evaluations here Sonny Bop.

 

[Legacy 32701]

This forum is hosted with the intention of light banter/chit chat/jokes amongst members.

Please refrain from providing psychological evaluations here Sonny Bop.

Sorry, didn't realise that Von pookie had a monpoly on that.

By the way, I consider many of the posts you have made in the past to have contained unnecessary offensive language :-

http://www.mrexcel.com/board2/viewtopic.php?t=88577&highlight=bollox