RE: Do the people that work on the IBM Info Center actually evertest their work???

["Booth Martin" <Booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

ah yes, Mike, that works.  But you already knew the answer before you
started.  
 
Lets say you want to find the DDS manual for V5R2.   All you know is that it
is on the IBM web site.  Can you find the DDS manual at all?  If so, within
12 lurches from place to place?
 
I am on a phone dial-up now and man...  getting to the right manuals is a
gruesome exercise.
 
 
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Booth Martin   http://www.MartinVT.com
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-------Original Message-------
 
From: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Date: Wednesday, May 07, 2003 10:03:04
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: RE: Do the people that work on the IBM Info Center actually ever
test their work???
 
I'm not sure which version you're looking for, but this is to the DDS V4R2
(I think):
 
http://publib.boulder.ibm
com/cgi-bin/bookmgr/BOOKS/QB3AUI01/CONTENTS?SHELF=&DT=19981002102510#CONTENTS

 
Type in your "EDTWRD".
 
In the old books I'd go to the view the bookshelf, type DDS or RPG or
whatever. Click on my book then on the next page I'd click on the
flashlight/search icon.
 
Yeah, I guess that is a lot of work! I like the PDF file much more.
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Dan [mailto:dbcemid@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2003 10:38 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Do the people that work on the IBM Info Center actually
ever test their work???
 
 
--- Booth Martin <Booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> what is the address? (I want to see how many lurches I have to take to get
> to the DDS manual.) 
 
No, Booth. This is the problem I've always had with >searching< (NOTE: I
said SEARCHING) on
InfoCenter. To my knowledge, it is impossible to search for something in a
given manual. If
there is a way, it is a well-kept secret. You want to find the syntax on DDS
EDTWRD? Your
results will include hits from across the library. Yes, the advanced search
allows you to narrow
down the areas, but where do I select to search only the DDS Reference?
 
It would also be nice if the advanced search would remember the categories
and subcategories
selected, instead of forcing me to select these each and every time I go
there. It seems like
this would be the perfect job for a cookie.
 
My normal route to finding something I know is in a given manual is to go to
iSeriesNetwork's
DocFinder. (Many thanks to Chuck Lundgren and iSeriesNetwork!!!) But, I find
it rather pathetic
that I have to use this route.
 
For DDS Reference, the RPG manuals, and CL Reference, I have downloaded the
PDFs and, because we
have the full Adobe product here, we are able to build indexes on the
contents. But even then, it
is painstaking and time-consuming to search a manual because Acrobat doesn't
give you a list of
hits within a document to choose from, unlike InfoCenter or even that golden
oldie, Library Reader
(Softcopy).
 
Hopefully, Vern has found the keys to the kingdom. I await his reply.
 
- Dan
 
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