Microsoft KB Archive/297182

= BUG: Context-Sensitive (F1) Help Does Not Work in Visual InterDev 6.0 After You Add a Help Command to the Toolbar =

Article ID: 297182

Article Last Modified on 8/9/2001

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual InterDev 6.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q297182



SYMPTOMS
After you add a Help command to the Visual InterDev 6 toolbar, context-sensitive Help (F1) does not work.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem:
 * 1) Search for and delete all instances of Cmdui.prf.
 * 2) Start the Visual InterDev integrated development environment to recreate this file. To check if context-sensitive Help is now working: Open or create a new project in Visual InterDev, select some code, and then press F1.

If the resolution above does not solve the problem:  Make sure all Visual Studio products are closed. Go to the following directory: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Common\IDE\IDE98 (alter the path if you did not use the default installation directory). From the command line or the Run box, run the following command:

DEVENV.EXE -setup

This should recollect all information about packages installed in the shell, including menu information such as the Help system.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.



Steps to Reproduce Behavior

 * 1) Right-click the Visual InterDev toolbar.
 * 2) Click Customize from the pop-up menu.
 * 3) Click the Commands tab and select Help from the categories list.
 * 4) Drag &quot;F1 Help&quot; from the Commands section onto the toolbar. You should experience the behavior described in the &quot;Symptoms&quot; section of this article.

Additional query words: F1 Help Context

Keywords: kbbug kbpending KB297182

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