Hello All

[jocph]

First off, I am sorry for the confusion I inadvertently created recently with all the thanks that I purportedly given to posts. Even I was taken aback with the PMs I received about this. At first I thought my account was hacked.

When I looked back to what I did the last few days, I realized that it must be the offline viewing app that I used for AWF (I used Offline Explorer).

For background, I am a member of the forum since I was in my previous work a long time ago. I enjoy and am grateful for the posts which taught me a lot about Access. Then my job changed along with my interest in Access with it. Currently, I am in the middle east and one of my tasks is to admin an Access app. I have to review and catch up with Access as a consequence. Since I do not have continuous and consistent connection to the internet, I figured to download the site for offline viewing, to read and refer to at will during offline times. Since the downloader goes to every available links on a page, it "clicked" every thanks button it finds. I should not have logged in doing this, I realized now. It would not have caused a lot of trouble.

Again, my apologies and my thanks to all the generous contributors to this site.


Joel

 

[moke123]

I couldn't resist clicking the thanks

Welcome back.

 

[theDBguy]

Hi Joel. Nice to meet you!

 

[vba_php]

I realized that it must be the offline viewing app that I used for AWF (I used Offline Explorer).

well when I was watching your movements Joel, I was 100% certain you were either a hacker, a robot, or a 3rd party software application that was sourced outside of the browser. Because you would be "replying" to a thread 1 second, and then a split second later you would be *viewing* another one that was totally unrelated regarding the topic. You went on like this for hours that day I was watching. Did you really thank that many people in that many posts *manually* by clicking the thanks button that many times? If you did, that's quite an effort you made, so I applaud you. But if you are indeed human, welcome.

 

[The_Doc_Man]

Hello, Joel. Welcome to AWF.

 

[NauticalGent]

Thanks for the explanation Joel - and the spike to the "thanks" count!

 

[jocph]

well when I was watching your movements Joel, I was 100% certain you were either a hacker, a robot, or a 3rd party software application that was sourced outside of the browser. Because you would be "replying" to a thread 1 second, and then a split second later you would be *viewing* another one that was totally unrelated regarding the topic. You went on like this for hours that day I was watching. Did you really thank that many people in that many posts *manually* by clicking the thanks button that many times? If you did, that's quite an effort you made, so I applaud you. But if you are indeed human, welcome.

I am only human, I guess :banghead:

 

[isladogs]

LOL. Welcome from me as well. Thanks for posting here as requested.

P.S. You ARE still allowed to thank people whose posts you find useful...but perhaps not quite so often

 

[Frothingslosh]

Did you really thank that many people in that many posts *manually* by clicking the thanks button that many times?

It's all there in his post:

When I looked back to what I did the last few days, I realized that it must be the offline viewing app that I used for AWF (I used Offline Explorer).

...

Since I do not have continuous and consistent connection to the internet, I figured to download the site for offline viewing, to read and refer to at will during offline times. Since the downloader goes to every available links on a page, it "clicked" every thanks button it finds.

 

[jdraw]

Welcome to the forum Joel.

 

[Minty]

Belated Welcome aboard Joel!

 

[jocph]

Thanks for the warm welcome folks!