WX0928: Microsoft Access KB Help File AppNote Contents

PSS ID Number: Q105380
Article last modified on 06-03-1994

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Access versions 1.0, 1.1, and 2.0
 - Microsoft Access Distribution Kit version 1.1
 - Microsoft Access Developer's Toolkit version 2.0
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  Microsoft® Product Support Services Application Note (Text File)
           WX0928: MICROSOFT ACCESS KNOWLEDGE BASE HELP FILE
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                                                   Revision Date: 5/94
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INTRODUCTION
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The disks provided with this Application Note contain ACC-KB.HLP, the
Microsoft Access Knowledge Base Help file. This Help file contains
several hundred technical articles written by Microsoft Product
Support Services (PSS) Support Engineers and Knowledge Base writers.
These articles contain helpful tips, programming examples (article
titles with the "INF" prefix), known problems in Microsoft Access
(article titles with "PRB" or "PRA" prefixes), additional references,
question & answer scripts from the Microsoft Access FastTips service,
and recent product information not addressed in the user
documentation.
To search for articles containing a specific word or text string,
select the KB Help window and click the Find button on the toolbar.
You can always find the latest articles online on CompuServe and
GEnie. Information about how to access these electronic services is
located in the CompuServe Help topic on the first screen of the ACC-
KB.HLP file.

To install the ACC-KB.HLP file
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1. Insert Disk 1 in your floppy disk drive.
2. At the MS-DOS command prompt, type the following and press ENTER
      xcopy <drive>:*.* <destination>
   where <drive> is the disk drive containing Disk 1 and <destination>
   is the drive and directory in which you want to install the Help
   file. For example, if you want to copy the files from drive A to
   the ACCESS directory on drive C, type:
      xcopy a:*.* c:\access\*.*
   When the files are successfully copied, the following message is
   displayed:
      2 file(s) copied.
   CAUTION: Copying files in this manner overwrites any existing files
   with the names BUILD.BAT and DISK1.DAT.
3. To copy the DISK2.DAT, DISK3.DAT, and DISK4.DAT files to the same
   destination, repeat steps 1 and 2 for Disks 2, 3, and 4.
   CAUTION: Copying files in this manner overwrites any existing files
   with the names DISK2.DAT, DISK3.DAT, and DISK4.DAT.
4. Change the directory name to the destination directory as follows:
      cd <drive>:\<destination>
   For example, type:
      cd c:\access
5. At the MS-DOS prompt, type BUILD and press ENTER.  The following
   files will be expanded:
      ACC-KB.HLP
      ACC-KB.IND
      FTENGINE.DLL
      FTUI.DLL
      MVAPI.DLL
      README.TXT
6. Create a Windows icon for the ACC-KB.HLP file as follows:
   a. In Windows, choose the program group in which you want the icon
      to appear (typically the Microsoft Access program group).
   b. In Windows Program Manager, choose New from the File menu.
   c. In the New Program Object box, choose Program Item.
   d. Add the following arguments in the Program Item Properties box
         Description: Access KB
         Command Line: WINHELP.EXE <path>\ACC-KB.HLP
         Working Directory: <path>
      where <path> is the name of the path in which you placed the
      Microsoft Access Knowledge Base Help file.  If you do not
      specify the working directory, you will receive the error
      message "Routine not found."
   An icon will appear in the program group you have specified.
   Double-click the icon to open the Help file.
NOTE: The ACC-KB.HLP file requires the WINHELP.EXE file to run. The
WINHELP.EXE file comes with Microsoft Windows and is originally
installed in your WINDOWS subdirectory. If it is missing from your
system, you can restore it from your original Microsoft Windows disks.

Additional reference words: 1.00 1.10 2.00 appnote
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KBSubcategory: Specltpc
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Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1994.