Microsoft KB Archive/119998

= Microsoft Knowledge Base =

XL5: Constant Tip Is Incorrect
Last reviewed: September 12, 1996

Article ID: Q119998

The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Excel for Windows, versions 5.0, 5.0c
 * Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh, version 5.0

SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Excel Help, the Visual Basic Reference states the following:

TIP: The special characters left bracket ([), question mark (?), number sign (#), and asterisk (*) can be used to match themselves directly only by enclosing them in brackets. The right bracket ([) can't be used within a group to match itself, but in can be used outside a group as an  individual character. Constants can make your programs self documenting and easier to modify. Unlike variables, constants can't be inadvertently changed while your program is running. Part of this information is out of place. The special characters left bracket ([), question mark (?), number sign (#), and asterisk (*) are actually part of the Note for the Like Operator.

The tip should read:

TIP: Constants can make your programs self-documenting and easier to  modify. Unlike variables, constants can't be inadvertently changed while your program is running.

STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post more information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION
To locate this documentation error, do the following:


 * 1) From the Help menu, choose Contents, and choose Programming With Visual Basic.
 * 2) Choose the Search button, and in the Search dialog box, type "Const" (without the quotation marks).
 * 3) Choose Show Topics, then choose Go To.

The Tip contains the error.