BUG: Parameter Info Tooltip Does Not Appear

ID: Q190676

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

When writing a server- or client-side script, if the shorthand notation for accessing the members of a collection is used, the Parameter Info tooltip does not appear.


CAUSE

The Parameter Info tooltips appear only when the name of a method is typed. If the shorthand notation for accessing a collection object is used, the name of a method is not actually typed, so the Parameter Info tooltip does not appear.


RESOLUTION

If you wish to see the Parameter Info tooltip when accessing a collection object, do not use the shorthand notation. For instance, type this 


   window.frames.item(
instead of this: 

   window.frames(


STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this bug and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.


MORE INFORMATION

Some of the collection objects that reproduce this behavior are as follows: 


   window.frames(
   document.all(
   document.children(
   document.styleSheets(
The behavior also occurs with server-side collection objects, such as the following: 

   Session(
   Application(

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

  1. In a page in Source view, create a script block with language=javascript.


  2. Within the script block, type this:
    window.frames(


The Parameter Info tooltip does not appear.

Additional query words: 


Keywords          : kbide kbVisID600bug kbGrpASP 
Version           : WINDOWS:6.0
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbbug

Last Reviewed: May 13, 1999