ACC97: No Help in Object Browser for Items Starting with Mso

• Microsoft Access 97

SYMPTOMS

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

When you use the Object Browser to search for help on a particular object, if you select an object that has the prefix "Mso" (without the quotation marks) in the Classes box or the Members Of box, and you then click the Help button, you receive the following message:

    No help available

   Not all errors have an associated help topic. This error has the
   following causes and solutions:

   You have generated an error for which no Help exists.

   Check the Readme file. Help for late-breaking errors is often
   available through the Readme file.

   For additional information, select the item in question and press F1.

CAUSE

Enumerated Constants (ENUMS) do not have associated Help information.

RESOLUTION

In order to get more information on a particular ENUM, you need to be able to get help on the property to which you want to apply the ENUM. For example, you can find the ENUM MsoAnimationType by following these steps:

1. Open any Microsoft Access database.

2. Create a new module.

3. On the View menu, click Object Browser.

4. In the Object Browser box, in the Project/Library list box, click Office.

5. In the Classes list box, click Assistant.

6. In the Members Of 'Assistant' list box, click Animation.

7. Click the ? button.

   Note that a Microsoft Office Visual Basic window displays the Animation property and the associated Enumerated Constants.

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Follow steps 1 - 4 in the "Resolution" section.

2. In the Classes list box, select any class name that starts with "Mso" (without the quotation marks).

3. Click the ? button. Note that you receive the following message:

         No help available.
   

4. In the message box, click Help.

   Note that you receive the message mentioned in the "Symptoms" section.

REFERENCES

For more information about the Object Browser, search the Help Index for "object browser," and then "Work with Objects in Visual Basic using the Object Browser," or ask the Microsoft Access 97 Office Assistant.