XL97: F1 in Custom XLM Dialog Box Displays Office Assistant

ID: Q157101

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Excel 97, when you use the Microsoft Excel 4.0 macro function Dialog.Box to display a custom dialog box, and you press F1 while the dialog box is active, your custom help file does not appear. Instead, the Office Assistant appears.

NOTE: If you clear the "Respond to F1 Key" check box in the Options tab in Office Assistant, the Microsoft Excel help file appears.

CAUSE

You cannot use the F1 key in Microsoft Excel 97 to display a custom help file while a Microsoft Excel 4.0 custom dialog box is active.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, follow these steps:

1. Display the custom dialog box.

2. Use the right mouse button to click (right-click) any item in the custom

   dialog box.

3. Click "What's This?"

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: XL97 8.0 context sensitive

Keywords          : kbprg xlvbahowto xlvbainfo xlmhowto xlminfo kbfaq
Platform          : WINDOWS

Last Reviewed: May 25, 1999