VB6 / Fortran Help

[hweisberg]

I am using Visual Studio 6 for development both in Visual Basic and Fortran. In order to see the Fortran documentation, I have to select Tools | Options | Help System | Compaq Visual Fortran 6.6. But then in order to get the right help in Visual Basic, I have to go into Visual Fortran and select Tools | Options | Help System | MSDN Library - October 2001.

Is there a way to get both Visual Fortran and Visual Basic to show the correct help without having to change settings?

[Steven_L_Intel1]

Unfortunately, no. The way MS implemented help collections in the 6.0 product was that only one collection could be active at a time. You can bring up the other product's help from the appropriate Programs group. See Knowledge Base article Q1031 for more info.

Steve

[gfthomas8]

A while back sone posted a vb app called SetPreferredCollection which I find handy. I've attached the readme file but I'm sure you can dig up the app from the forum archives.

HTH,
Gerry T.

[gfthomas8]

I found Julie Green's useful app for switching between CVF and MSDN VS6 Help. Unzip it and place a shortcut on the taskbar. The VBCore.DLL is Bruce 'HardCore VB' McKenney's AX DLL that Julie's VB6 app requires; you might have to register it in the usual way. Using the app takes 2 clicks and it doesn't matter whether you're in the VB or VS6 IDE. Switching within the VS6 IDE takes more than a half dozen clicks.

If you want it, email me as its too big to post to the forum.

HTH,
Gerry T.
[email protected]

[hweisberg]

Thanks Steve and G.F. for the info.

I think we will just suffer along until the new release that integrates Visual Fortran with Visual Studio 7. This problem will no longer exist then, right?

[Steven_L_Intel1]

Um, yeah, that problem will no longer exist. :-)

Steve

[Jugoslav_Dujic]

How cruel joke ;-).