Project Developer Help content

[Neil A]

Hi,

I found recently that the help available in the VBA Editor has changed for
the worse. It looks nicer, but is content free. For instance, I can drill
down through the "Project Object Model reference" and see lots of objects,
but drilling down further to get a list of methods or properties and there is
no information at all.

If I open objects via the Table of Contents I see "downloading..." followed
by "No results available".

I can get the info I need from MSDN
(http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb244260(v=office.12).aspx) but it
used to be easier to get it directly from the VBA Editor. Pressing F1 on an
object or proporty would get you the details, now I need to go to the web.

Anyone else have this problem, and found a solution?

Thanks

 

[John]

Hi,

I found recently that the help available in the VBA Editor has changed for
the worse. It looks nicer, but is content free. For instance, I can drill
down through the "Project Object Model reference" and see lots of objects,
but drilling down further to get a list of methods or properties and there is
no information at all.

If I open objects via the Table of Contents I see "downloading..." followed
by "No results available".

I can get the info I need from MSDN
(http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb244260(v=office.12).aspx) but it
used to be easier to get it directly from the VBA Editor. Pressing F1 on an
object or proporty would get you the details, now I need to go to the web.

Anyone else have this problem, and found a solution?

Thanks

Neil,
With the release of Project 2007, the VBA help file took a turn for the
worse and from a recent comment by one of our premier VBA MVPs, Project
2010 is even worse.

I would say that if you find a way to get the info you need, (e.g.
MSDN), then go for it. If I have to write some VBA code in Project 2007
I revert back to the VBA help file in Project 2003.

John
Project MVP

 

[Rod Gill]

Me too John, Project 2003 VBA help is much better!

Don't forget the object browser as another way to find help. Search for the
property etc you need then click the help icon in the object browser. F2 in
visual basic editor shows Object Browser.

--

Rod Gill
Microsoft MVP for Project - http://www.project-systems.co.nz

Author of the only book on Project VBA, see: http://www.projectvbabook.com

Neil,
With the release of Project 2007, the VBA help file took a turn for the
worse and from a recent comment by one of our premier VBA MVPs, Project
2010 is even worse.

I would say that if you find a way to get the info you need, (e.g.
MSDN), then go for it. If I have to write some VBA code in Project 2007
I revert back to the VBA help file in Project 2003.

John
Project MVP

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[Jim Corbin - MSFT]

The Project 2010 VBA Help content is not published online yet (and neither is
VBA Help for the 2010 versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.). If you use
the local help file, you will find that it is much improved over the 2007
release.

When you install the RTM release of Project Standard 2010 or Project
Professional 2010, the local VBA Help file ([Program Files]\Microsoft
Office\Office14\1033\WINPROJ.DEV.HXS) is installed just fine, but the default
Project Help window uses the content on Office.com -- which, as you note, is
mostly missing.

Until the new VBA Help content is published online, to see all of the topics
in VBA Help, right-click the Connection Status drop-down list in the bottom
right corner of the Project Help window, and then click Show content only
from this computer.

You can also update the local VBA Help file; see the Project 2010 SDK
download
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...25-b44e-4aa6-80ff-9c0e75835ad9&displaylang=en

Thanks,
--Jim