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FIX: Pressing F1 for Help on Error Message Doesn't Work

Article ID: 141456

Article Last Modified on 12/2/2003

Microsoft Visual C++ 4.0 Standard Edition
Microsoft Visual C++ 4.1 Subscription
Microsoft Visual C++ 4.2 Enterprise Edition
Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0 Enterprise Edition
Microsoft Visual C++ 4.2 Professional Edition
Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0 Professional Edition

This article was previously published under Q141456

SYMPTOMS

Pressing the F1 key on a compiler error or warning in the output window does not bring up help for the error unless the caret is positioned on the error number. If there is no match in Books Online for the word the caret is on, a message similar to this appears:

The keyword "<keyword>" was not found.
Choose OK to see the closest match to "<keyword>" in the Visual C++ Books Online 4.0 keyword index.

RESOLUTION

To view the help text for an error message, make sure the caret is on the error number, and then press the F1 key.

STATUS

This bug was corrected in Microsoft Visual C++, version 6.0.

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