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rocco
Hello,
I have access97, access200, accessXP and access2003 all installed on my pc.
Any release is installed in its own directory.
I have always had trouble using the help file. Sometimes it comes up in a
blank windows…sometimes it shows a msg saying “no help available on this
topicâ€, while “this topic†is - for instance – the adodb recordset. Mostly of
the time it doesn’t help too much when a try to use it from the object
browser by pressing F1 (blank windows).
One of the most common inconvenient is not having any hint for ADOX. Let’s
say I want help for the ADOX columns collection. If while coding a stay with
the cursor over the word “connection†and press F1, I receive the worse help
possible: a blank windows. So I always have to ask for something more generic
(i.e. adodb connection) and then surf on the help contents for what I really
need.
I usually make a search for *.chm files and move files found into the folder
1033 for having them available by the F1 command.
Why I have all the ado libraries (i.e. ado 2.1, ado 2.5,…2.8 ) and just one
for adox (which is always the newer one: i.e. Microsoft ado ext. 2.8 for DDl
and security)? What if I want to code for someone that is not as updated as
me? I can reference ado 2.1 (If he has access2000 it will work fine) but I
cannot reference the previous adox versions.
I have read many book but none spend more than few pages on getting help.
And mostly they just name the help libraries available.
There is any place where I could learn sometimes on how the help file is
organized and how to have any help available?
Thanks, I really appreciate.
Rocco
I have access97, access200, accessXP and access2003 all installed on my pc.
Any release is installed in its own directory.
I have always had trouble using the help file. Sometimes it comes up in a
blank windows…sometimes it shows a msg saying “no help available on this
topicâ€, while “this topic†is - for instance – the adodb recordset. Mostly of
the time it doesn’t help too much when a try to use it from the object
browser by pressing F1 (blank windows).
One of the most common inconvenient is not having any hint for ADOX. Let’s
say I want help for the ADOX columns collection. If while coding a stay with
the cursor over the word “connection†and press F1, I receive the worse help
possible: a blank windows. So I always have to ask for something more generic
(i.e. adodb connection) and then surf on the help contents for what I really
need.
I usually make a search for *.chm files and move files found into the folder
1033 for having them available by the F1 command.
Why I have all the ado libraries (i.e. ado 2.1, ado 2.5,…2.8 ) and just one
for adox (which is always the newer one: i.e. Microsoft ado ext. 2.8 for DDl
and security)? What if I want to code for someone that is not as updated as
me? I can reference ado 2.1 (If he has access2000 it will work fine) but I
cannot reference the previous adox versions.
I have read many book but none spend more than few pages on getting help.
And mostly they just name the help libraries available.
There is any place where I could learn sometimes on how the help file is
organized and how to have any help available?
Thanks, I really appreciate.
Rocco