Hey there, Im kind of fed up with all the help topics floating around so im going to try help some out so they dont appear in the first place.
Step 1 Firstly you should read the error, Whats it telling you? Cannot locate is telling you thats its not there, Missing right curly bracket is telling you that a } is missing
Its plan english and isnt rocket science...As you progress you'll know exactly whats wrong just by the error...
So read the error over and over until you understand what its telling you....
Step 2 Next you can look at you're code and see if you can spot the problem from reading you're error. Look for what its telling you and where, It often gives a line and is usually correct but you get the odd occassion in which you havent closed a quote or something in which you should look through all the errors and find the error that has the smallest line number and head towards there...
Dont be afraid when 10 or so different errors popup, half the time closing a quote can stop them all... Dont be afraid to try things, if you're unsure you an always change it back or you could make a backup before testing again....Experimentation is the best way too learn... No luck? Move on...
Step 3 Other examples....Search the forum for other examples of what you're trying to do, try a couple of different searches and siv through....theres bound to be something that can help you....
If you've got the code from somewhere read through the rest of the topic, somebody else may of had the same problem and there is most probbally a fix for it, Just use you're eyes and common sense...
Step 4 Google is our friend! Look up tutorials or search for the error you having, it may give advice or tell you what is causing the problem...There are thousands of different pages that will be a waste of time but you need to look for a fair amount of time not give up on the first page...
Step 5 Is it simple? Ask somebody on messenger! But respect them if they say they'll busy or dont want to help you for some reason. They dont have to help you and the more you beg and moan the less likely they'll be to help you in the future. When messaging them tell them exactly what the problem is with an example of the code and the error....In as little messages as possible checking spelling and punctuation so that they can understand what you're asking. Dont message them with Hello? You there? Im stuck ? ?
Its annoying! so dont do it...
Step 6 Posting is a last resort! spend around a hour doing all the above before posting unless you know its advanced.... ALLWAYS follow this checklist!!!!
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1. Whats the problem? explain exactly what you're doing...What are you trying to achieve, give some info like perl version, Bot template? ect.. 2.The code - give us the code which you think is wrong.....give us enough so we can see whats wrong but not the whole, Observe the problem lines from the dos window and aim for around that....we can always ask for more if needed. Always use code tags and indent, that often solves the bracket problems 3.Whats it doing and whats it supposed to do? Give us what you want it to do and what its not doing, even give us a quote from the chat window...Anything so we can see what we're trying to fix! 4.The error! copy the dos error exactly, dont type it out and have spelling mistakes because its not accurate. *Cer post you're tutorial thing* Put it in code tages and display nicely! 5.What have you done? Prove to us that you're worth helping....rember the slogan, help us, help you.....if the help us isnt there the help you doesnt follow!
With all of this in mind we're be more than happy to help you providing you've made the effort to help you're self and not lazyly stuck you're error in a post waiting for a reply...It wont get you no where..
Im sure most people will agree from now on that this is very clear and if not followed you will be ignored...
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