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Am I the only one that thinks that the help files for Studio are a joke? I am currently using 4.5 (we had the trial 5.0, but can't get the money for the upgrade!) I have a background in technical writing/training, so maybe I am too tough, but I just looked up the help file for getToken. First of all the help files for functions don't explicitly tell you what data type is returned.   Then the examples are pretty useless, because they don't show the results of the example code.  To me, it's like having a dictionary that shows how to use words in a sentence, but doesn't give pronunciations or doesn't give definitions. Sorry, but this is a great product and I hate to see such a glaring weakness.  Or is it just me? Kathryn Butterly Web Developer Washington Mutual Finance 813 632-4490 kbutterly@wmfinance.com ______________________________________________________________________ Macromedia ColdFusion 5 Training from the Source   Step by Step ColdFusion   http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0201758474/houseoffusion

You are not alone. Shawn Am I the only one that thinks that the help files for Studio are a joke? I am currently using 4.5 (we had the trial 5.0, but can't get the money for the upgrade!) I have a background in technical writing/training, so maybe I am too tough, but I just looked up the help file for getToken. First of all the help files for functions don't explicitly tell you what data type is returned.   Then the examples are pretty useless, because they don't show the results of the example code.  To me, it's like having a dictionary that shows how to use words in a sentence, but doesn't give pronunciations or doesn't give definitions. Sorry, but this is a great product and I hate to see such a glaring weakness.  Or is it just me? Kathryn Butterly Web Developer Washington Mutual Finance 813 632-4490 kbutterly@wmfinance.com ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm

Help Files? In Studio? Hmmmm. I'll have to check that out. But, seriously, you can edit them to your heart's content. In 5, you can add comments and view others comments via LiveDocs. And as a programmer, they are way more detailed than I would have written. :) (Yes, they are less than perfect) Jerry Johnson >>> shawn.richards@richdigitalsolutions.com 03/15/02 12:31PM >>> You are not alone. Shawn Am I the only one that thinks that the help files for Studio are a joke? I am currently using 4.5 (we had the trial 5.0, but can't get the money for the upgrade!) I have a background in technical writing/training, so maybe I am too tough, but I just looked up the help file for getToken. First of all the help files for functions don't explicitly tell you what data type is returned.   Then the examples are pretty useless, because they don't show the results of the example code.  To me, it's like having a dictionary that shows how to use words in a sentence, but doesn't give pronunciations or doesn't give definitions. Sorry, but this is a great product and I hate to see such a glaring weakness.  Or is it just me? Kathryn Butterly Web Developer Washington Mutual Finance 813 632-4490 kbutterly@wmfinance.com ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com