BUG: DHTML Page Designer: Cannot Find the Mshtml.Hlp File

• Microsoft Visual Basic Professional and Enterprise Editions for Windows, version 6.0

SYMPTOMS

In the DHTML Page Designer, when you press F1 while the cursor is on an Internet Explorer document object model property, you get the following error message:

Cannot find the c:\...\mshtml.hlp file. Do you want to try to find this file yourself?

CAUSE

Mshtml.hlp does not exist.

RESOLUTION

There is not a specific help file for the Internet Explorer document object model. Go to the MSDN Online at the following address for more detailed information on the Internet Explorer document object model:

http://www.msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Create a new DHTML application.



2. Add an HTML button and go to the properties window.



3. Click on a property and press the F1 key. The result is the error message:

   "Cannot find the c:\...\mshtml.hlp file. Do you want to try to find this file yourself?"

REFERENCES

For more information on the Internet Explorer document object model, see the MSDN Online Web Workshop:

http://www.msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/

Q190249 : INFO: VB 6.0 Readme Part 9: DHTML Page Designer Issues

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbInternet kbPageDesigner kbVBp600bug
Version : WINDOWS:6.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug