Microsoft KB Archive/177588

= ACC: What's This Button Invisible When Close Button Set to No =

Article ID: 177588

Article Last Modified on 1/22/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Access 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Access 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q177588



Novice: Requires knowledge of the user interface on single-user computers.



SYMPTOMS
When you set the WhatsThisButton property to Yes on a form to activate the What's This button, and you have also set the CloseButton property of the form to No, the What's This button will be unavailable (is not visible) until you click its position next to the dimmed Close button.



CAUSE
If you set the CloseButton property to No, the Close button remains visible but appears dimmed. This causes the What's This button to be unavailable.



RESOLUTION
Do not set the CloseButton property to No when you are using the What's This button.



STATUS
This behavior is by design.



Steps to Reproduce Behavior
 Open the sample database Northwind.mdb. Open the Categories form in Design view. On the View menu, click Properties to display the Form properties box.  In the Form properties box, set the following properties:

     ControlBox = Yes MinMaxButtons = None CloseButton = No     WhatsThisButton = Yes </li> Switch the form to Form view. Note that the What's This Button is not visible.</li> Click in the area next to the Close Button. Note that the What's This Button appears.</li></ol>

Additional query words: prb grayed out what s this button

Keywords: kbprb KB177588

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