FIX: "The Topic Does Not Exist" Error Using F1 Key for Help (156390)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Transaction Server 1.0
This article was previously published under Q156390

SYMPTOMS

If you press F1 to open the online Help, you receive the following error message:
The topic does not exist. Contact your application vendor for an updated Help file. (129)
This error appears if you press F1 after doing one of the following:

  • Select Trace Messages in the hierarchy tree, then click in the right pane.
  • Click Transaction List in the hierarchy tree, then click in the right pane.
  • Hold the mouse pointer over one of the following toolbar buttons and wait for the pop-up Help to appear:
    • Up one level
    • Open a new window
    • Refresh

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Transaction Server version 1.0. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Transaction Server version 1.1. For information on obtaining version 1.1 or version 2.0, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

168031 HOWTO: Obtain Microsoft Transaction Server Version 1.1

185174 Latest Version of Microsoft Transaction Server

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:3/16/2005
Keywords:kbBug kbDSupport kberrmsg kbMTS110fix kbSysAdmin KB156390
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