To be fair to Abe1 it does say "will create forms for whoever". It doesn't say "for free". The thing specified as free is the hack itself.
I haven't read the site rules (and before anyone tuts, 95% of the members haven't) but if he can't mention the fee in the initial description then there's not really a lot he or you can do.
Creating a hack on the scale he does is really really hard work and to then offer it out with no compulsory payment is worthy of huge respect.
I know $25 can seem a bit of a sting but to be fair it takes quite a while to learn how to do html, and another while to learn how to manipulate vb, so it's not unreasonable to ask for something back when people ask for custom jobs.
Amykahr once gave the fitting analogy that she needed a freezer. If someone was kind enough to give her a freezer she wouldn't then expect them to come round, fit it and maintain it for free. (Not an exact analogy but close enough)
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What is a form anyway? Is anything complex thing, that to fix it taking hours? Is not possible to fix it with various progz easily like frontpage and have it in zip time?
No. Frontpage will make a mess of the form because it makes a mess of everything. Forms as forms aren't hugely complicated but they can be fiddly, especially if they're of any real size.
07-26-2006, 06:05 PM
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