On 4/9/2010 3:52 PM, Castro, Edwin G. (Hillsboro) wrote: > Therefore, when one has a question one needs to formulate it so that the > question demonstrates understanding. A general format for a question is "I'm > trying to ... I have tried ... I read that ... I don't understand why ... Can > you point me to ..." In other words, provide the context that shows that > you've done your homework and that all the ideas haven't clicked yet. With > this context it is much easier for those of us that want to provide help to > do so because we understand the context better and we know what you have > already discovered on your own. Many times all we need to do is confirm what > you already thought was the case. In other cases, we can point you to other > documentation that can help. >
I'd add that it's useful to ask about the goal you're trying to reach, rather than the particular solution you've chosen. It's especially common with MSI that the normal "I'm a developer who writes code to solve problems" approach has yielded a solution that can be accomplished more easily by fitting in with the MSI model. And RTFM works well there. And, of course, here's a link to "How To Ask Questions The Smart Way": http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html. Full of snark and especially relevant is the "Questions Not To Ask" section. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
