No ado help in msdn oct 99?

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MP - 07 Aug 2008 23:29 GMT

I dont' seem to get any hits on ado terms in my msdn installation for vb6
is there a separate help file in mdac land?

eg: if i have cursor in an ado term in the ide I get error "no help
available"

if I open msdn manually and enter (for example) adRICascade, I get no topics
found.

any thoughts?
thansk
mark

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Jan Hyde (VB MVP) - 08 Aug 2008 08:57 GMT

"MP" <NoSpam@Thanks.com>'s wild thoughts were released on
Thu, 7 Aug 2008 17:29:51 -0500 bearing the following fruit:

>I dont' seem to get any hits on ado terms in my msdn installation for vb6
>is there a separate help file in mdac land?
[quoted text clipped - 8 lines]
>thansk
>mark

I seem to recall the ADO help files being put in the wrong
place. I located them on my PC and moved them, it then
worked fine.

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Jan Hyde (VB MVP)

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Paul Clement - 08 Aug 2008 16:50 GMT

¤ I dont' seem to get any hits on ado terms in my msdn installation for vb6
¤ is there a separate help file in mdac land?
¤
¤ eg: if i have cursor in an ado term in the ide I get error "no help
¤ available"
¤
¤ if I open msdn manually and enter (for example) adRICascade, I get no topics
¤ found.
¤
¤ any thoughts?

The ADO documentation can be found in the Windows\Help folder. The file name is ADO210.CHM and I
don't think they did much to keep it updated.

Paul
~~~~
Microsoft MVP (Visual Basic)

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Ralph - 08 Aug 2008 17:26 GMT

> ¤ I dont' seem to get any hits on ado terms in my msdn installation for vb6
> ¤ is there a separate help file in mdac land?
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> The ADO documentation can be found in the Windows\Help folder. The file name is ADO210.CHM and I
> don't think they did much to keep it updated.

They didn't.

Considering that the help files are out-dated, and that the really
interesting stuff can vary depending on providers, engines, and attributes.
You are better off to keep a online reference in your favorites folder.

Here's a decent one...
http://www.devguru.com/Technologies/ado/quickref/ado_intro.html
and of course the horse's mouth ...
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms676539(VS.85).aspx
and a good book. <g>

-ralph

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MP - 11 Aug 2008 17:11 GMT

Thanks to all,

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No ado help in msdn oct 99?