BUG: Parameter Info Tooltip Does Not Appear (190676)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual InterDev 6.0

This article was previously published under Q190676

SYMPTOMS

When you write server-side or client-side script, if you use the shorthand notation to access the members of a collection, the Parameter Info tooltip does not appear.

CAUSE

The Parameter Info tooltips appear only when you type the name of a method. If you use the shorthand notation to access a collection object, the name of a method is not actually typed, so the Parameter Info tooltip does not appear.

RESOLUTION

If you want to see the Parameter Info tooltip when you access a collection object, do not use the shorthand notation. For instance, type the following text

   window.frames.item(

instead of this:

   window.frames(

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

The client-side problem is fixed in Visual Studio 6.0 Service Pack 5. For additional information about Visual Studio service packs, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

194022 INFO: Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs, What, Where, Why

194295 HOWTO: Tell That a Visual Studio Service Pack Is Installed

To download the latest Visual Studio service pack, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/downloads/updates/

MORE INFORMATION

Some of the collection objects that reproduce this behavior are as follows:

   window.frames(
   document.all(
   document.children(
   document.styleSheets(

The behavior also occurs with server-side collection objects, such as the following objects:

   Session(
   Application(

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

In a page in Source view, create a script block with language=javascript.
Within the script block, type the following text:
window.frames(

The Parameter Info tooltip does not appear.

Modification Type:	Minor	Last Reviewed:	12/12/2005
Keywords:	kbBug kbide kbpending KB190676