At 11:31 AM 07-01-01 +0100, you wrote:

>Helen,
>
> > There's a huge helpfile...it's not necessary to read and understand the
> > code to use the components, is it?
>
>This huge help file is enough for you and other IBO experts, but is
>it enough for beginners?
>
>Have a look at the Delphi base help file. There are examples in the
>most cases, only a few lines of code, but it helps a lot. I think, this
>extention of the documentation could increase acceptance (and
>promotion) of IBO enormous. Just my opinion.

It's a point...but I guess it's different, too. There's an assumption that
you know how to use Delphi, and understand object-oriented development, and
understand the database...

I think that has changed a lot in the past few months...open source is
bringing in a lot of people who otherwise wouldn't be doing database
stuff...these days, we get a lot of "absolute newbies" here - who haven't
done any database programming at all. In some cases, they don't even know
how to use Delphi properly. It's a moot question whether IBO should
provide "kindergarten" help for a product that is really intended for use
by people who properly understand Delphi and databases.

H.
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