Question for Bobby Binder re: VCP

[Jim VB]

Originally Posted by Matt

The first programs I wrote were for a Commodore 64

How old are you???

I was the Buyer of Electronics for G. Fox in Hartford, CT (May Company in Cleveland, Straus in Akron, and O'Neils in Youngstown were our sister stores back then) when that came out. We had trouble getting delivery on them for a long time.

[Matt]

Originally Posted by Jim VB

May Company in Cleveland

That's a blast from the past - did the Commodore 64 become obsolete before May Company went out of business?

[BobbyVCP]

Barry,

Which search by are you using? Sounds like the keyword, try using the search by "players last name" and tell me the results you are getting. It is the second field down from the top.

If you are using AOL it should not bother searches you would have log in problems because of the ever changing IP addresses.

[barrysloate]

Hi Bobby- thanks for coming on. As you know I have been using your site for a few years without any trouble, so this is something new. I always go to the field that asks for the player's last name, and I type it in. Once the full name is in the box, I hit search and it just takes me to the same page every time, the one that starts with Jordan & Co. and continues through Joseph Halls and other assorted 19th century sets. It's happened to me so many times that I've pretty much given up using it. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

[Matt]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

Hi Bobby- thanks for coming on. As you know I have been using your site for a few years without any trouble, so this is something new. I always go to the field that asks for the player's last name, and I type it in. Once the full name is in the box, I hit search and it just takes me to the same page every time, the one that starts with Jordan & Co. and continues through Joseph Halls and other assorted 19th century sets. It's happened to me so many times that I've pretty much given up using it. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

A thought - are you clicking the search button associated with the "Last Name" field, or the one at the bottom of the page?

Each field has it's own search button and you have to click the one associated with the field you're typing into.

It seems like you might be clicking the search under the "Card Type" field, which by default takes you to a list of cabinet card types.

[BobbyVCP]

Sorry for the delay in my postings but you are 6 hours ahead of me. Maybe it is better if you call me 310-447-4884 and we can go over it on the phone.

[barrysloate]

Matt- you're on to something. I was clicking the search button at the bottom, and for a reason. There was always a drop down menu on the page that was blocking the button next to the second field.

So now I typed in Ty Cobb in the second field, but the program is automatically typing Ty Cobb into the field above, and when I hit the search button in the second field I get a red message "no such search found (I'm paraphrasing)." And if I manually erase the Ty Cobb in the first field and then click the second, I get the same problem and the name pops up in the first field on its own.

Don't know if that was clear but bottom line is it still doesn't work.

[Matt]

Barry - try typing just Cobb into the last name field; it may open a list (or two) where you should select "Cobb, Ty."