This help system includes 1000 articles that relate to the Microsoft Access for Windows. These articles were developed by Microsoft's Product Support Engineers . This help file is a snapshot of the Knowledge Base as of September 22, 1993. New and updated articles can be found in the MSKB form here on Compuserve. This help file is composed of two files ACC-KB.ZIP and ACC-IN.ZIP. The ACC-KB.ZIP is the actual help file. If you would like full text search of the help file, you will need ACC-IN.ZIP also. You can use ACC-KB.ZIP alone, you just won't have full text search capabilities. Files on disk: ------------- ACC-KB.ZIP ----------------- ACC-KB.HLP 1556476 10/01/93 5:54:22AM ACC-IN.ZIP ----------------- ACC-KB.IND 2410496 10/01/93 6:06:40AM FTENGINE.DLL 43520 10/01/93 7:00:00AM FTUI.DLL 68096 10/01/93 7:00:00AM MVAPI.DLL 5120 10/01/93 7:00:00AM Introduction ------------- 1. Create a Windows icon for the ACC-KB.HLP file as follows: a. Choose the program group in which you want the icon to appear (typically the Microsoft Access program group). b. In Windows Program Manager, choose New from the File menu. c. In the New Program Object box, choose Item. d. Add the following arguments in the Program Item Properties box: Description: Access KB Command Line: WINHELP.EXE \ACC-KB.HLP Working directory: where is the name of the path in which you placed the Microsoft Access Knowledge Base Help file. Be sure to set the Working directory or you will receive the error: Routine not found. An icon will appear in the program group you have specified. Double-click the icon to open the Help file. Make sure you set the owrking directory to . If you do not, you will get an error message "Routine not found." Note: The ACC-KB.HLP file requires the WINHELP.EXE file to run. The WINHELP.EXE file comes with Microsoft Windows and is originally installed in your WINDOWS subdirectory. If it is missing from your system, you can restore it from your original Microsoft Windows disks.