Wayne-I-M said:
My main point was that not one single person has acknowledge to answers - of
course they may be very busy but it would be polite
I'm going to play the Devil's advocate here because I went and checked who
would be so impolite to you. Hon, it's no where near as bad as you think.
You received 7 thank yous. And you didn't answer 15 questions. You
responded to 9 questions with 15 posts. You had to correct yourself several
times and you asked for more information several times, so if you subtract
those 5 posts, you received 7 thank yous for 10 helpful *answer* posts.
Arvin Meyer says MVPs only get thank yous 5 or 10% of the time, so you've got
about 10 times as many thank yous as they typically get. Pat yourself on the
back.
You say you have difficulty with the English language, so maybe that's why
you didn't notice some of the people thanked you for your responses, even
when your responses didn't answer their questions correctly. You may receive
several more thanks if you revisit those threads and give a correct answer to
the questions.
(Remember, I'm not trying to be critical. I'm playing the Devil's advocate
to show you why you probably didn't get the acknowledgements you expected on
so many of the threads.)
1) "Using Listbox to find records"
You asked John for more information. He responded with "Thanks for
responding" and gave the information you asked for. (This is the only post
made to your 9 questions after you started this thread. The other 6 thank
yous had already been posted.) You haven't replied to him, so we can't blame
him for not posting again, other that to ask "Wayne, where are you?"
2) "Make a number to a negative number"
Many people would rather not respond to an incorrect answer because they
don't want to embarrass the author. That's probably why you didn't get an
acknowledgement to your suggested solution. (It's close, but not correct.)
3) "Search Button in SubForm not Working"
Jen had a classic problem with a M:N relationship on a 1:M form. You assumed
she had the 1:M relationship in the form/subform reversed. (It happens to
the best of us). You gave her instructions on how to build a bound
main/subform, which she had already explained she'd built but couldn't search
through. Jen acknowledged your assistance with "Thanks for replying," "Many
thanks for your suggestion though," "Thanks for replying Wayne-I-M," and
"Thank you anyway for your help."
4) "Help with forms"
Your response was so vague that "Needy" is scratching his/her head, "How do I
get my 6 forms I've already built into two main forms with two tabs each
using the wizard? And how is that going to produce 6 separate lists?" Maybe
Needy will come back and ask you to be a little less vague, but Needy's
probably already asking his/her question elsewhere where Needy can get "help
with forms."
5) "'Enter parameter value' error message"
You responded "Have a look at John Vinson's answer on the post in the New
Users section The post is called - mystery pop-ups - this post was made
today" but you didn't provide a link. It left Aicha scratching his/her head,
"where's this 'new users section'?" which was no help at all. Aicha couldn't
find it and had to post back asking you to post John's answer and replied
"Thanks so much." Aicha's final reply was "Thanks so much for all your help
Wayne."
6) "phone input masks right to left"
Many people would rather not respond to an incorrect answer because they
don't want to embarrass the author. That's probably why you didn't get an
acknowledgement to your suggested solution. (It's very close, but not
correct.)
7) "is it possible"
Many people would rather not respond to an incorrect answer because they
don't want to embarrass the author. That's probably why you didn't get an
acknowledgement to your suggested solution. (You changed your first response
to an incorrect one. Dave may have only tried the last one you posted, since
you indicated so quickly the first one was wrong. It's very close, but not
correct.)
