Missing Online Documentaion for Event Handling Procedures

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John Slattery

Has anyone else noticed that the online Access 2002 documentation seems, in
a number of significant cases, to neglect explanation of arguments and so
forth for form and control event handling procedures or am I missing
something? (I hope that I am.) A particularly bothersome instance is the
case for the combobox notinlist event--no explanation at all of what NewData
is or the values that Response can take, let alone how to code it. Hope
someone can point me in the right direction for the kind of complete
documentation I was accustomed to in Access 97. Thanks.
 
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Has anyone else noticed that the online Access 2002 documentation seems, in
a number of significant cases, to neglect explanation of arguments and so
forth for form and control event handling procedures or am I missing
something? (I hope that I am.) A particularly bothersome instance is the
case for the combobox notinlist event--no explanation at all of what NewData
is or the values that Response can take, let alone how to code it. Hope
someone can point me in the right direction for the kind of complete
documentation I was accustomed to in Access 97. Thanks.
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Hi John,
NewData, variant is whatever was entered in the combobox
that does not exist in the list of items.
Response is an integer acDataErrAdded/acDataErrContinue

Use this usergroup search facitilty to find posts that
give an example for this event. Type NotInList in vbe to
lookup online help.

Luck
Jonathan
 
Thanks for your response, Jonathan. I was using the lack of documentation
for the combo box NotInList event as an example, not as a request for an
explanation. I have been hoping that there is something I have been missing
with the regard to the documentation that seems to have disappeared between
Access 97 and Access 2002. In Access 97, there is a help page similar to
the one presented by help for vbe in Access 2002 for the NotInList event,
however, in Access 97 there was a link on the page labeled Event Procedures
that took you to a page that included a complete discussion of the syntax of
the procedure declaration, including all of the arguments. This is
generally if not universally true for all event procedures in Access 97 and
seem to be missing for many event procedures in Access 2002. Thanks, again.
 
I was using the lack of documentation
for the combo box NotInList event as an example, not as a request for an
explanation. I have been hoping that there is something I have been missing
with the regard to the documentation that seems to have disappeared between
Access 97 and Access 2002.
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This has been a vehement sore point with a lot of us since 2000 came
out. The new Help architecture implemented with that version STINKS.
The content is actually pretty good *but you can't find it*; the
Contents are ok if you happen to think the same way that the
developers did; the Index is dreadful; and the Search Assistant is
downright laughable. Many of us keep a copy of the A97 Help around
just to find things like this.

I haven't installed it yet to see, but I'm told that the help is
markedly improved in 2003.

One hint that helps a little bit - many things (functions in
particular) are documented in the VBA Editor help file which by
default is only visible when you have the VBA editor open. Try looking
for NotInList there.
 
Thanks, John. Good to know it's not just me.

John Vinson said:
This has been a vehement sore point with a lot of us since 2000 came
out. The new Help architecture implemented with that version STINKS.
The content is actually pretty good *but you can't find it*; the
Contents are ok if you happen to think the same way that the
developers did; the Index is dreadful; and the Search Assistant is
downright laughable. Many of us keep a copy of the A97 Help around
just to find things like this.

I haven't installed it yet to see, but I'm told that the help is
markedly improved in 2003.

One hint that helps a little bit - many things (functions in
particular) are documented in the VBA Editor help file which by
default is only visible when you have the VBA editor open. Try looking
for NotInList there.
Click to expand...
 
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