Re: General Question about VBA F1 Help Key

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From: Jean-Guy Marcil (no-spam_at_leaveme.alone)
Date: 03/14/04 

Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2004 08:52:26 -0500

Hi Jerry,

I had a problem with my help display and behaviour a while back. Here is a
message I posted and an answer by fellow Windows-Help MVP Pete Lees. Maybe
it will be of assistance. It did solve my problem.

<quote>
> But, when I access help from the VB reference that is included with the
> VBA help (for example, I have code using the "Left" method, then I
> select it from the VBA code and hit F1 or double click) I then get the
> proper help page displayed, but all the links from that page ("See
> also", "Applies to", Example", "Related topics", etc.) are replaced by
> little white squares and the links are useless.

The chances are that you have a registry problem: the registry entries for
the HTML Help ActiveX control are broken. A number of the security patches
and service packs that Microsoft released last year are known to cause this
problem, including the cumulative security patches for Internet Explorer and
service pack 4 (SP4) for Windows 2000.

The problem is described in Knowledge Base article 822989 and, in most
cases, installing Critical Update 811630 should sort it out.

822989: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=822989
811630: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=811630

The exception to this is Windows 2000 with SP4 installed. In this case you
must unregister the ActiveX control and then re-register it, by running the
following two commands from a command prompt:

regsvr32 /u <drive>:\winnt\system32\hhctrl.ocx
regsvr32 <drive>:\winnt\system32\hhctrl.ocx
</quote> 

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Salut!
_______________________________________
Jean-Guy Marcil - Word MVP
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>
> Hi,
>
> Please note:  I previously posted this on VBA Beginners
> and just realized that it should be posted here.  Please
> excuse any duplicate posting.
>
> I have a question about the VBA HELP feature.  I am using
> WORD 2000 and I am not sure if I have a bad installation
> or if it is a known error.  The follwing occurs:
>
> 1.  In the VBA code the cursor is placed on the word WITH
> 2.  F1 key pressed to get HELP
> 3.  The HELP page for the WITH keyword is displayed
>     minimized
> 4.  Maximize the HELP screen, get WITH page with no
>     section tabs (full screen)
> 5.  Click on the upper left SHOW icon to get the HELP
>     section Tabs.
> 6.  A blank page is displayed and VBA is "locked".
>     Delete Task has to be used to unlock it.
>
> Short of re-installing WORD (which probably is not the
> problem) is there anything that I can do to correct this
> problem, or is it a known problem?  This does not happen
> with all VBA keywords, for instance, the TRIM keyword
> gives me the HELP minimized and when maximized I get the
> HELP section tabs.
>
> Any suggestions and/or comments will be appreciated.
>
> Jerry B.
>

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