Visual Studio Readme

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Visual Studio Readme contains vital information about Microsoft® Visual Studio™ 6.0 -- Development System for Windows® and the Internet. This information may apply to all or a number of the products shipped in the suite. This Readme updates the information provided in the MSDN Library Visual Studio 6.0 documentation.

Visual Studio Readme is one of a "family" of Readmes shipped with the suite. All product Readme files reside at the root of Visual Studio compact disc 1. These Readme files (install.htm, plus several others called readmeXX.htm, where XX signifies a product) use current Web technology so users can find and view their information quickly. They may be viewed with a Web browser, such as Microsoft® Internet Explorer 4, or in Notepad.

How do I print all the available Readme files at one time from Microsoft Internet Explorer?

Contents

Note   Be sure all headings in the table of contents are expanded when you search this Readme for a topic. In this way, you will know when the search finds the topic among the TOC headings.

General Visual Studio Issues

Visual Studio Help Viewer Issues

For other issues on the Help system for the Visual Studio suite of products, go to:

MSDN™, the Microsoft Developer Network Readme.

If you acquired any of the following products in the Visual Studio suite, and need specific information, click the product name.

Microsoft® Visual Studio™, Enterprise Edition

Microsoft® Visual Basic®

Microsoft® Visual C++®

Microsoft® Visual Database Tools™

Microsoft® Visual FoxPro™

Microsoft® Visual InterDev™

Microsoft® Visual J++™

Microsoft® Visual SourceSafe™

General Visual Studio Issues

The information in this section applies to several or all products shipped in the Visual Studio suite. It is more current than the information provided with the suite's online documentation.

Microsoft SQL Server Must Run Under a Valid User Account and Not "System Account" for SQL Debugging

To enable debugging on your Microsoft SQL Server, you must install the server side components of this version of Visual Studio on your SQL Server. You also must run Microsoft SQL Server under a valid user account and not under the "System Account." Under "System Account," SQL Server runs at a higher security level and cannot communicate with remote applications such as the Microsoft SQL Debugger.

1. Open Control Panel by clicking the Start button, then Settings, and then Control Panel.
2. Double-click Services, select MSSQLServer, then click Startup.
3. Click "This Account" (option) and set the login ID to a valid user account and password.
4. Click OK to close the dialog box and save your configuration.

Note   Any errors encountered while debugging the SQL Server will be listed in the event log. Use this log to troubleshoot your debugging process.

Registering Visual Studio 6.0 Products on the Web

At the end of setup of Visual Studio 6.0 products, the Installation Wizard directs you to the online registration page. If you were not able to register at the time of setup, you may register later on the Web. The location is http://www.microsoft.com/isapi/redir.dll?Prd=vstudio&Pver=98&Ar=register.

Viewing Visual Studio Windows in Windows 98

To view Visual Studio window captions in Windows 98, make sure that your screen color display is set higher than 256 colors (requires 16-bit color or higher).

Help Viewer Issues

This section lists issues concerning the online help viewer shipped with Visual Studio 6.0. For information on the Help system for the Visual Studio suite of products, go to: MSDN™, the Microsoft Developer Network Readme.

Sample Code Sometimes Does Not Cut and Paste Properly

Line breaks and formatting information may not copy correctly when you copy and paste sample code from the MSDN Library Visual Studio documentation to your code editor. To work around this issue, do one of the following:

• Manually edit the line breaks after you copy the code.
• View the sample code source, copy the entire code sample, including the <pre> and </pre> tags, paste it to your code editor, and then delete the unwanted sections from the pasted version.

Users May Update the Version of HTML Help SDK Shipped with Visual Studio

Visual Studio 6.0 ships with a version of HTML Help SDK, which you may update. To get the latest version of the HTML Help SDK, go to http://www.microsoft.com/workshop/author/htmlhelp

Finding Information on HTML Tags

HTML tags are not included in the keyword index and cannot be accessed through F1 lookup. If you need information on HTML tags, use the online documentation Table of Contents.

Click the MSDN Library Visual Studio 6.0 icon and open the Platform SDK folder. You can find the reference to HTML Elements at:

You may create a new subset and use it in Full Text Search to quickly find information.

To create a new subset

1. On the View menu of the MSDN Library Visual Studio 6.0, click Define Subset.
2. In the Define Subset dialog box, navigate to

» Platform SDK

» Internet/Intranet/Extranet Services

» Internet Explorer Platform SDK

3. Click Add so all folders included in the subset are identified on the right window of the dialog box.
4. Type a name for the subset in Save new subset as, and click Save.

To use this new subset to narrow your search

1. On the left pane of the online documentation, click the Search tab.
2. In the Active Subset list, click the name of the subset you just created.
3. In the Type in the word(s) to search for box, type the HTML tag you want to search, and select Match similar words.
4. Click List Topics to begin your search.

Finding Help for ADO Objects

When using the ADO objects (for example, Recordset, Connection, Command, Parameter, ADOR, RDS, and RDS Server object in Visual Basic), you cannot get context-sensitive Help on the object or its properties, events, or methods. That is, if you have a reference to the object, and you use one of its features, selecting the code and pressing F1 will not display a help topic. Instead, you will either get a wrong topic, or the "Keyword Not Found" topic.

However, you can get help on any of the object's properties, events, or methods by using the online documentation Index:

1. If the MSDN documentation viewer is not open, on the Help menu, click Contents.
2. Click the Index tab.
3. Type the name of the property, event, or method including the word "collection" "property," "event," or "method" as appropriate.
4. From the list of available topics, select the appropriate topic that includes "ADO" in its title.

For example, to get help on the Recordset object's Open method, type "Open method," and select "Open Method (ADO Recordset)" from the list.

Note   You can also find additional help on other ADO topics, such as the ADO object model, by looking in the MSDN Library Table of Contents: open Platform SDK, and under Database and Messaging Services, go to Microsoft Data Access SDK.