Can't get help on certain control properties

[Mark Haddad]

Access XP seems to have lost some help functionality from
Access 97. For example, if I create a control on a form,
and put my curser in the Enabled property (on the data
tab) and press F1, I get generic help. In fact, I can't
find help on the enabled property (as it relates to a form
control) anywhere. If I do the same thing in Access 97, I
get the context-sensitive help I am looking for. Same
thing happens on many other (but not all) property
fields. How do I find out what these fields do? I have
to keep Access 97 running just to access the help!

Mark

 

[Sandra Daigle]

Sad but true. There are many issues with context sensitive help in A2000 and
A2002. For help topics that pertain to the use of a property in VBA, the
easiest way to get help is to open the VB Editor, then open help from the
VBE. I often use the immediate window instead of the index search - type the
word, then hit F1. You'll probably find more useful information this way.

Note - I'm not defending the way that help is crippled in A2000 and 2002,
just offering a suggestion on how to work around its shortcomings

 

[Sandra Daigle]

Sad but true. There are many issues with context sensitive help in A2000 and
A2002. For help topics that pertain to the use of a property in VBA, the
easiest way to get help is to open the VB Editor, then open help from the
VBE. I often use the immediate window instead of the index search - type the
word, then hit F1. You'll probably find more useful information this way.

Note - I'm not defending the way that help is crippled in A2000 and 2002,
just offering a suggestion on how to work around its shortcomings