Good idea Richard! I put in a "email suggestions/problems" button/script with new software. It saves the layout name and other variables with the email, so I don't have to ask the user to tell me. :)
Beverly On 14 Jan 2013, at 9:19 AM, Richard S. Russell wrote: > > On 2013 Jan 14, at 7:57, Emma Glaisher <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks for all your advice earlier. I have limped on with FM Pro 12, but >> buying Advanced will happen as soon as I get paid for the next stage! >> >> I'm presenting my first 'commercial' database to the client today, with some >> trepidation. Just had to share the terror/excitement with others who've been >> there. >> >> I just added a little gimmick, took about 1 minute, which I know she will >> like best. And the automatic creation and emailing of spreadsheets to 100 >> individuals, which took me hours to get right (using my own email addresses >> I hasten to add!) will barely get a nod. >> >> This is SO much harder than writing stuff for my own use. You have to think >> like someone else. Build in lots of safety nets. Think about how it looks. >> And I know there will be lots wrong with it still. >> >> Wish my luck. > > > Good luck. > > And remember to remind your client, early and often, that there is no such > thing as a finished database. Every one is a work in progress. > > Also thank her for bringing to the project something that you yourself lack: > a fresh set of eyes. Make sure that she's got pen and paper ready to hand as > she starts to use it and plead with her to WRITE THINGS DOWN! > Can't figure out how to do something? Write it down, even if you eventually > figure it out later. > This doesn't look right? Write it down. > Need more choices here? Write it down. > Too far to move the cursor between 2 fields that you always use in tandem > with each other? Write it down. > > EVERY LITTLE THING COUNTS! Write it down before you become too accustomed to > it.
