The information is also available at msdn.microsoft.com. I don't have Access
2000 installed to test with, but I don't remember not being able to access
ADO help.
--
Wayne Morgan
Microsoft Access MVP
"Corepaul" <corepaul@aol.combvwertz> wrote in message
news:20040818014621.04587.00001178@mb-m27.aol.com...[color=blue]
>
> I installed the MDAC 2.8 SDK but it didn't help my problem. I still can't
> get
> Visual Basic help on any topic with (ADO), (RDS), etc. in the topic name.
> I
> REALLY need to access these help topics!
>
> Anyone have any ideas?
>
> Paul
>[color=green]
>>Subject: Re: Missing Help Files
>>From: "Wayne Morgan"
comprev_gothroughthenewsgroup@hotmail.com
>>Date: 8/17/2004 3:51 PM Central Daylight Time
>>Message-id: <eduUc.2159$6E1.1406@newssvr31.news.prodigy.com>
>>
>>It appears that the help files are in the MDAC SDK, not the driver
>>download.
>>
>>MDAC 2.8 SDK
>>
>>
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...67faf8-0db4-42[/color]
> 9a-b502-de4329c8c850&displaylang=en[color=green]
>>
>>Info:
>>
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;827041
>>
>>--
>>Wayne Morgan
>>Microsoft Access MVP
>>
>>
>>"Corepaul" <corepaul@aol.combvwertz> wrote in message
>>news:20040817153742.12089.00003663@mb-m01.aol.com...[color=darkred]
>>> Wayne,
>>>
>>> I went to the microsoft site and downloaded the MDAC v2.8 update (and
>>> the
>>> inevitable security patch). While looking around the site, I found a
>>> Release
>>> Manifest For MDAC 2.8 at
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=828396
>>> There is a list of the files contained in the MDAC 2.8 release and none
>>> of
>>> them
>>> look like help files to me.
>>>
>>> My application is for personal use on a home computer. All data files
>>> are
>>> on my
>>> hard drive and I am not on a local network. I am wondering if I need to
>>> install
>>> MDAC 2.8. It doesn't seem to me that it will fix my missing help file
>>> problem
>>> and I am not sure I need any extra features it provides.
>>>
>>> Please correct me if, in fact, the patch does somehow generate the
>>> needed
>>> help
>>> files (maybe one of the Java or VB Script files?) and I'll install it.
>>>
>>> If it won't fix the missing help file problem, is there any other
>>> benefit
>>> to
>>> installing it?
>>>
>>> If it won't fix my problem, any other ideas where I should look for the
>>> help
>>> files?
>>>
>>> Missing topics include "Delete Method (ADO Recordset)", "Reset Method
>>> (RDS)",
>>> "BOF, EOF Properties (ADO)", "Execute Method (ADO Connection)", among
>>> many
>>> others. Does anyone know the name of the help file with these topics?
>>> I'd
>>> like
>>> to know what I am looking for.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Paul
>>>
>>>>Subject: Re: Missing Help Files
>>>>From: "Wayne Morgan"
comprev_gothroughthenewsgroup@hotmail.com
>>>>Date: 8/17/2004 12:30 PM Central Daylight Time
>>>>Message-id: <YgrUc.1807$ZR2.1672@newssvr32.news.prodigy.com>
>>>>
>>>>It sounds as if the ADO help files may not be installed. I believe they
>>>>come
>>>>with the MDAC update. The current one is v2.8. You should be able to
>>>>find
>>>>information on downloading it at
www.microsoft.com/data.
>>>>
>>>>--
>>>>Wayne Morgan
>>>>Microsoft Access MVP
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>"Corepaul" <corepaul@aol.combvwertz> wrote in message
>>>>news:20040817130931.09145.00001785@mb-m01.aol.com...
>>>>>
>>>>> First, excuse the lack of information in my first post. I am running
>>>>>
>>>>> Access 2000 (installed as part of Office 2000) and Windows 2000. I am
>>>>>
>>>>> having trouble accessing many help topics using the Microsoft Visual
>>>>>
>>>>> Basic Help.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for the reference to MS Knowledge Base Article 249065. I
>>>>> already
>>>>>
>>>>> had SP-1a and SP-3 installed so I copied the five .chm files into the
>>>>>
>>>>> proper directories as described in the "Workaround" section of the
>>>>>
>>>>> article.
>>>>>
>>>>> After these changes, information is available for a few more topics,
>>>>>
>>>>> but not for many that I need to use. For example, if I select help
>>>>> from
>>>>>
>>>>> the Code window, click on the Index tab and enter "recordset" as the
>>>>>
>>>>> keyword and then click the "Search" button, I get 192 topics in the
>>>>>
>>>>> "Choose A Topic" list box. Many of these topics have parentheses at
>>>>> the
>>>>>
>>>>> end of the topic name - (ADO), (ADO Recordset), (ADO Command),
>>>>>
>>>>> (Recordset Event), (Connection Event), (RDS). I cannot get any
>>>>>
>>>>> information to display for any title with these parentheses.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any more ideas?
>>>>>
>>>>> Paul
>>>>>
>>>>>>Subject: Re: Missing Help Files
>>>>>>From: "Wayne Morgan"
comprev_gothroughthenewsgroup@hotmail.com
>>>>>>Date: 8/16/2004 8:04 PM Central Daylight Time
>>>>>>Message-id: <rQcUc.2083$Fd.560@newssvr31.news.prodigy.com>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>You don't mention your version of Access, the help files have changed
>>>>>>quite
>>>>>>a bit from version to version. If you have Access 2000, this may be
>>>>>>helpful:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>
http://support.microsoft.com/default...49065&Product=
>>> acc2000
>>>>>>
>>>>>>--
>>>>>>Wayne Morgan
>>>>>>Microsoft Access MVP
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>"Corepaul" <corepaul@aol.combvwertz> wrote in message
>>>>>>news:20040816171020.23811.00003840@mb-m28.aol.com...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Missing Help Files
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> When I enter "recordset" as the keyword and search the Visual Basic
>>>>>>> Help
>>>>>>> index,
>>>>>>> I get many topics of interest in the resulting list. But there isn't
>>>>>>> any
>>>>>>> information available from clicking on many of the available topics
>>>>>>> (mostly
>>>>>>> methods but some properties are also unavailable). This same problem
>>>>>>> occurs
>>>>>>> with many, if not most, keywords.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Is there any way I can activate these "missing" help topics? HELP!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Paul Core
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