Under Office 2003 Professional Edition with SP1, if I open the VBA
Editor and search for a function (say Msgbox) I get a whole list of
things that can be displayed. All selections respond to a mouse click
and provide a wealth of information except for those noted as (Visual
Basic for Applications.) For those, nothing happens -- the system just
sits there with the mouse cursor changed to a hand.
I have gone to Control Panel/Add Remove Programs and followed the
instructions that appear in several places on the web for adding the
VBA help files. The system reports the update was successful but still
no response to clicking on those items noted as (Visual Basic for
Applications). This happens on my Desktop as well as my Laptop.
Does anyone know what else I might need to do to see the VBA designated
items?
Thank you very much.
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Don Guillett
SalesAid Software
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"Jack Gillis" <XXXX...@widomaker.com> wrote in message
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Any ideas on that.
"Don Guillett" <don...@281.com> wrote in message
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Don Guillett
SalesAid Software
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"Jack Gillis" <XXXX...@widomaker.com> wrote in message
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You must install the VBA help, run the setup again and install it
I believe a normal install will not install the VBA help files
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Regards Ron de Bruin
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"Jack Gillis" <XXXX...@widomaker.com> wrote in message news:11a3nn0...@corp.supernews.com...
Yes, I'm sure I am in the Visual Basic Editor. If I open Excel to a
new, blank workbook, open Microsoft Excel Objects- Sheet 1 and press F1
I get a window whose title bar says Microsoft Visual Basic Help. The
window says the following:
Ambiguous Selection
Either you have not selected a keyword or you have requested Help on a
component of the integrated development environment (IDE). If you were
trying to select a keyword, try reselecting a single keyword. If you
were trying to get information on the IDE, click one of the following:
Code or Module Window
Immediate Window or Pane
Locals Window or Pane
Object Browser
Watch Window or Pane
If I click on the Help menu item, I get these choices:
Microsoft Visual Basic Help F1
MSDN on the Web
About Microsoft Visual Basic
If I choose the first, I get the pane to the right entitled Visual Basic
Help with a search box and a table of contents. Using Search produces
the condition I first described. If I bore down through the Table of
Contents to any item including Functions, the same non- response occurs.
I can't imagine what the problem is.
Thanks again.
"Don Guillett" <don...@281.com> wrote in message
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Please see my response to Don Guillett for some further information.
Thank you.
"Ron de Bruin" <ronde...@kabelfoon.nl> wrote in message
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Try to uninstall the help and install it again
You are not the only one that have problems with the 2003 help.
I uninstall my system a few weeks back because I always get debug errors when I use the Help
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"Jack Gillis" <XXXX...@widomaker.com> wrote in message news:11a43ef...@corp.supernews.com...
Thank you.
"Ron de Bruin" <ronde...@kabelfoon.nl> wrote in message
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because i have a dozen problems with their help system per week.
and i work for a company where i cant get an office disk
-aaron
We agree on something! Office's help system SUCKS!
As for online access, you're assuming it'd be an improvement on the
help system that comes on the Office CD. Not a safe bet. As for it
being a separate download, if your company won't give you an Office CD,
what makes you think they'd allow you to download and install anything
that preempts the standard software install?
partying like its' 1999 lol
Thank you all for your help on this.
As it turns out, I finally found a KB article on the exact subject.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;[LN];887706
"Jack Gillis" <XXXX...@widomaker.com> wrote in message
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Search the entire hard drive for vb*.chm (in the case of visual basic).
There will be two main file locations. one in the office/1033 directory, and
another in one of the common files directories. Copy all those from the
common files area into the office/1033 directory the search results display,
and the problem should be solved. The main issue I had was with those linsk
entitled visual basic for applications, methods such as the fileexists...