[dba-SQLServer] Visual studio help

jwcolby jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Wed Jul 11 11:29:03 CDT 2007


Robert,

Yep, a reinstall of MSDN fixed the problem.  Thanks for the heads up 


John W. Colby
Colby Consulting
www.ColbyConsulting.com 
-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:dba-sqlserver-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Robert
Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 12:00 PM
To: dba-sqlserver at databaseadvisors.com
Subject: Re: [dba-SQLServer] Visual studio help

John,

The help files for Visual Studio are not installed automatically.
You have to run the install on the MSDN disk(s) that came with it to get
help of any kind.

Robert


At 10:51 AM 7/11/2007, you wrote:
>Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 11:51:28 -0400
>From: "jwcolby" <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com>
>Subject: Re: [dba-SQLServer] [dba-VB] Visual studio help
>To: <dba-sqlserver at databaseadvisors.com>,
>         <dba-vb at databaseadvisors.com>,  "'Access Developers discussion and
>         problem solving'"       <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
>Message-ID: <20070711155131.9F8C9BE74 at smtp-auth.no-ip.com>
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>
>Yes, but if you hit F1 then it opens a help file of some sort.  I can 
>say whether it is going to use the local help or the internet help first
etc.
>As for books online, well... I only know that term in terms of SQL Server.
>
>1) Go into code.
>2) Select some something, keyword, whatever.
>3) Hit F1.
>
>What do you see?
>
>I see a help window.  On the top blue bar it says "Microsoft Visual 
>Studio
>2005 Documentation".  That is a good sign.
>
>However on the left hand side there is a Pane (or PAIN depending on 
>your point of view), which has a "filter by" combo.  The ONLY CHOICES 
>(for me)
>are:
>
>SQL Server 2005
>SQL Server Analysis Service
>SQL Server...
>SQL Server...
>SQL Server...
>Etc etc.
>
>I am locked in to filtering on SQL Server help.  I DON'T WANT SQL 
>SERVER HELP, I WANT VB HELP.
>
>Actually I want to be able to select VB, C#, Java, SQL Server and 
>whatever else is appropriate in the context I am using.  I am flying 
>Visual Studio blind, unless all I am interested in is SQL Server help 
>in which case I am ducky.
>
>John W. Colby

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