ACC97: Help Topic for Some Members of ODE Controls Not Available

• Microsoft Access 97

SYMPTOMS

Moderate: Requires basic macro, coding, and interoperability skills.

When you press the F1 key to bring up a Help Topic for a Microsoft Office 97 Developer Edition Tools (ODE) ActiveX control, while in the Object Browser in Microsoft Access 97, you may receive one of the following error messages:

   Cannot find vbcmn96.hlp file. Do you want to try to find the file
   yourself?

   -or-

   Cannot find vb5.hlp file. Do you want to try to find the file
   yourself?

   Cannot find the vbcmn96.hlp file. Check to see that the file
   exists on your disk. If it doesn't you need to reinstall it.

   -or-

   Cannot find the VB5.hlp Help file. Check to see that the file
   exists on your disk. If it doesn't you need to reinstall it.

CAUSE

Some of the ODE ActiveX controls Help topics are available only through Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0. The following Help topics are not available in Microsoft Access 97:

• Button (Image, Index, ToolTip Text)
• DataObjectFiles (Add)
• DragOverConstants
• OleDragConstants
• OleDropConstants
• OlePropEffectConstants

RESOLUTION

You must install Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 to view any of the Help topics mentioned in the "Cause" section.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Run Setup for Microsoft Access 97 and Microsoft Office 97 Developer Edition Tools (ODE).

2. Create a new database and add a reference to Comctl32.ocx. To add a reference to Comctl32.ocx, follow these steps:

       a. Open a module in Design view.
   

       b. On the Tools menu, click References to display the References
          dialog box.
   

       c. Search for the Comctl32.ocx file by clicking the Browse button
          and searching the Windows\System folder for the file.
   

       d. When you find the file, select it, and then click OK.
   

       e. Click OK to close the References dialog box.
   

3. On the View menu, click Object Browser.

4. In the Libraries box, click ComctlLib.

5. In the Classes box, click Button.

6. In the Members Of 'Button' box, click Image. Press the F1 key.

   Note that you receive one of the error messages mentioned earlier in this article.

   CommonDialog Control
   ImageList Control
   ListView Control
   ProgressBar Control
   RichTextBox Control
   Slider Control
   Statusbar Control
   TabStrip Control
   Toolbar Control
   TreeView Control
   UpDown Control
   Winsock Control

   1. Click the Start menu. 
   2. Point to Programs.
   3. Point to Microsoft ODE Tools
   4. Click Microsoft ODE Tools Help.
   5. Type "ActiveX" on the index Tab.
   6. Double-Click ActiveX controls on the listing.
   7. Choose the topic you want to view.

Keywords          : kbother
Version           : 97
Platform          : WINDOWS
Hardware          : x86
Issue type        : kbprb
Solution Type     : Info_Provided