Re: How to continue a line -- space_underscore

Hi, Crystal.

Someone told me not to change the subject line awhile back -- but they
failed to tell me why (or at least a reason I could understand) -- so I
have tried to keep the same beginning at least, and only modify the end.

Many search engines differentiate newsgroup posts by the subject line, so
your "arguments that you took out back" will be filtered out much of the
time. Which is as it should be, since you decided that that part of the
discussion wasn't germane to the main discussion of the thread by purposely
changing the subject line and branching off.

I use Thunderbird and everything stays linked.

If one uses Thunderbird to search through a decade of the newsgroup
archives, one likely won't see the problem of orphaned posts. If one
searches the decade-old archives without Thunderbird to any great extent,
this problem will bite one in the nose within a few days.

How prevalent is this problem?

Those who are using the two most popular newsreaders may see the problem.
The majority of posts to UseNet use these two newsreaders, so it's fairly
widespread.

Seems to me that a reader that can't keep the threads together should be
discarded for one that can...

Some newsreaders are better at it than others, but newsreaders keep the
posts in the threads together by checking the subject and the referenced
posts. Once the subject is changed mid-thread, it becomes a new thread if
the referenced posts aren't available, which occasionally happens. If the
subject doesn't change, the posts are usually kept within the same thread,
even if some of the referenced posts are missing. Since one cannot
guarantee that the posts replied to will stay in the archive, it's best to
keep the subject line intact, even if there are misspelled words or one
disagrees with the original poster's choice of subject.

I've run out of time. More later.

HTH.
Gunny

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info.


"strive4peace" <strive4peace2006@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks for explaining that, Gunny. Someone told me not to change the
subject line awhile back -- but they failed to tell me why (or at least a
reason I could understand) -- so I have tried to keep the same beginning
at least, and only modify the end. I use Thunderbird and everything stays
linked.

How prevalent is this problem? Seems to me that a reader that can't keep
the threads together should be discarded for one that can...

On UtterAccess, where I post the most, it is very helpful to specify more
complete information in the subject line. For me, it is also helpful
here... and it has become a habit -- hard to break those ... I had to stop
myself from doing it again ;)

I don't understand using the term "hijacking" ... why do you call it that?
I also don't understand using "commandeering" ... can you please explain?
thank you


Warm Regards,
Crystal
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(: have an awesome day :)
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MVP Access

strive4peace2006 at yahoo.com
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'69 Camaro wrote:
Hi, Crystal.

Please don't hijack threads by changing the subject line. While many
newsreaders will keep posts in the thread intact regardless of the
subject, some newsreaders do not. In those newsreaders, once the subject
is changed, it starts a new thread in the middle of a conversation, often
leaving a confusing context for the reader to try to sort out the trail
of.

So by changing the subject, even to correct a spelling mistake, one risks
losing one's audience. One may also give the impression that this part
of the conversation shouldn't be handled within the original
conversation, as in "Let's take this fight outside so the others don't
get involved in our disagreement." And by commandeering the thread, one
also risks offending the original poster.

HTH.
Gunny

See http://www.QBuilt.com for all your database needs.
See http://www.Access.QBuilt.com for Microsoft Access tips and tutorials.
Blog: http://DataDevilDog.BlogSpot.com
http://www.Access.QBuilt.com/html/expert_contributors2.html for contact
info.


"strive4peace" <strive4peace2006@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:e5bnmQ9PHHA.4492@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi Nancy,

if you are breaking a string, you will need & ... but if you are not,
then you won't.

Here are some examples:

'~~~~~~~~~~~~
strSQL = "SELECT email " _
& " FROM [YourTablename] " _
& " WHERE conditions " _
& " ORDER BY somefieldname;"
'~~~~~~~~~~~~

& is used because the SQL statement is one string

'~~~~~~~~~~~~
Msgbox "This is a message" _
, _
, "Here is the title"
'~~~~~~~~~~~~

& is NOT used here because the different lines are used just to make the
parameters easier to follow and there is nothing that needs to be
concatenated (combined)

... it just depends on what the statement is and where you break it

'~~~~~~~~~~~~
Msgbox "This line one of a message" _
& vbCrLf & " and line 2 of the message" _
& " because vbCrLf means to add a line break" _
, _
, "Here is the title"
'~~~~~~~~~~~~

when you do break lines, remember to add the necessary spaces! I like
to put & at the beginning of a line if it needs it as well as start each
literal string with a space if it is a continuation


Warm Regards,
Crystal
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(: have an awesome day :)
*
MVP Access
Remote Programming and Training
strive4peace2006 at yahoo.com
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Nancy wrote:
Thank you. Yes that is what I meant. I realized it wasn't very
detailed, so I did another post. Actually, the other response said & _
(amersand, space, underscore)
I guess I will try bother.



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