Microsoft KB Archive/176023

= ACC97: No Help Available in Object Browser for Items Starting with Mso =

Article ID: 176023

Article Last Modified on 1/22/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Access 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q176023



Moderate: Requires basic macro, coding, and interoperability skills.



SYMPTOMS
When you use the Object Browser to search for help on a particular object, if you select an object that has the prefix "Mso" (without the quotation marks) in the Classes box or the Members Of box, and you then click the ? Help button in the Object Browser, you receive the following message:

No help available

If you then click Help in the message box, you receive the following additional message:

  Not all errors have an associated help topic. This error has the following causes and solutions:

You have generated an error for which no Help exists.

Check the Readme file. Help for late-breaking errors is often available through the Readme file.

For additional information, select the item in question and press F1.



CAUSE
Enumerated Constants (ENUMS) do not have associated Help information.



RESOLUTION
In order to get more information on a particular ENUM, you need to be able to get help on the property to which you want to apply the ENUM. For example, you can find the ENUM MsoAnimationType by following these steps:


 * 1) Open any Microsoft Access database.
 * 2) Create a new module.
 * 3) On the View menu, click Object Browser.
 * 4) In the Object Browser box, in the Project/Library list box, click Office.
 * 5) In the Classes list box, click Assistant.
 * 6) In the Members Of 'Assistant' list box, click Animation.
 * 7) Click the ? Help button.

Note that a Microsoft Office Visual Basic window displays the Animation property and the associated Enumerated Constants.



STATUS
This behavior is by design.



Steps to Reproduce Behavior
 Follow steps 1 through 4 in the "Resolution" section. In the Classes list box, select any class name that starts with Mso .  Click the ? button. Note that you receive the following message:

     No help available.  In the message box, click Help.

Note that you receive the message mentioned in the "Symptoms" section.</li></ol>

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