Microsoft KB Archive/176024

= ACC97: IsObject Function Help Topic Cites Incorrect Function =

Article ID: 176024

Article Last Modified on 1/22/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Access 97 Standard Edition

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SUMMARY
The Microsoft Access 97 "IsObject Function" Help Topic contains the following sentence:   You can use the IsNothing function to determine if an object reference has been set to Nothing. This is incorrect. There is no IsNothing function in Microsoft Access.



MORE INFORMATION
You can use one of the following functions to evaluate an object in Microsoft Access:   - IsNull - Returns a Boolean value that indicates whether an expression contains no valid data (Null).

- IsEmpty - Returns a Boolean value indicating whether a variable has been initialized.

- IsMissing - Returns a Boolean value indicating whether an optional Variant argument has been passed to a procedure.

- IsBroken - The IsBroken property returns a Boolean value indicating whether a Reference object points to a valid reference in                the Windows Registry.

Additional query words: KbDSI VBA Language Reference 7.00 inf

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