| Subject: Vs2008 Environment->Help->Online Stuck on Try local only |
| Group: microsoft.public.vstudio.general |
| Date: 5/28/2008 12:42:08 PM |
| From: "Phil C." [Email Address Protection] |
Help! My Vs2008 prof installation has a problem in the Tools->Options->Environment->Help-> every time I try to change the radio button to one of the other selections local first, then online and save it, then go back in, the button goes back to local only. I also installed the Vs2008 Beta 1 Service Pack. Besides doing a repair, which is likely to screw up the service pack, is there any other way of fixing this??? Thanks, Phil |
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| Subject: Re: Vs2008 Environment->Help->Online Stuck on Try local only |
| Group: microsoft.public.vstudio.general |
| Date: 5/28/2008 3:17:39 PM |
| From: "Garrett McGowan \(MSFT\)" [Email Address Protection] |
Hi Phil. I've seen this behavior as well, and I think I know what's causing it. The first time the Help system attempts retrieve online content, it should present a dialog titled 'Online Help Settings'. This dialog presents three options, same as Tools -> Options -> Environment -> Help -> Online. Once you click the OK button on this dialog, the Help system should be able to access online content (assuming you selected one of the options that includes Internet access). From what I can, while your Tools -> Options selection is reflected in the corresponding registry entries, it isn't reflected in the Options UI until the 'Online Help Settings' dialog has been displayed and agreed to. You should be able to force the dialog to appear by: 1) Selecting either 'Try online first, then local' or 'Try local first, then online' and then 2) Highlighting any keyword in a source code file and hitting the F1 key Please let me know if this does the trick. Cheers, Garrett McGowan [MSFT Developer International] This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. Use of included script samples are subject to the terms specified at http://www.microsoft.com/info/cpyright.htm "Phil C." <phil@nowhere.com> wrote in message news:eSBqrrPwIHA.4560@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > Help! My Vs2008 prof installation has a problem in the > Tools->Options->Environment->Help-> > every time I try to change the radio button to one of the other selections > local first, then online and save it, then go back in, the button goes > back to local only. > > I also installed the Vs2008 Beta 1 Service Pack. Besides doing a repair, > which is likely to screw up the service pack, is there any other way of > fixing this??? > > Thanks, > > Phil |
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