FIX: Calendar Control Help File Contains an Invalid Jump

• Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, versions 5.0, 5.0a

SYMPTOMS

The Calendar control is one of the ActiveX controls that comes with Visual FoxPro 5.0. The Help file for the Calendar control is Msacal70.hlp. Most ActiveX controls use the Visual Basic Help file Ctrlref.hlp. The Calendar control is a Microsoft Access control, and only Microsoft Access can use the ControlSource property. Attempting to use the ControlSource jump in the Help file results in the following error because it is looking for a specific Microsoft Access Help file:

Cannot find the Acvba80.hlp file. Do you want to try to find this file yourself?

CAUSE

The Acvba80.hlp file did not ship with Visual FoxPro 5.0.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This has been corrected in Visual FoxPro 6.0.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Create a new form.



2. Place an OLE Container control on the form.



3. In the Insert Object dialog box, click Insert Control.



4. Select the Calendar control and click OK.



5. With the Calendar control selected, press the F1 key.
   
   -or-
   
   Right-click the control, and select Help from the pop-up menu.



6. In Calendar control Help, click Properties.



7. From the Properties list, click the Value property.



8. In the fourth paragraph under Remarks, click the underlined word "ControlSource." The error message appears.

Additional query words: kbVFp500bug kbVFp500abug kbDSupport kbvfp600fix

Keywords : kbhelpfile kbActiveX kbVFp FxotherDochelp
Version : WINDOWS:5.0,5.0a
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug