Hi,

The Help for Visual Studio & Microsoft languages in general (VB,VC++,etc.) comes in the form a separate collection - MSDN (Microsoft Developer Network). You can access the site directly & check out the subscriptions & the full content (its all free at the site): http://msdn.microsoft.com

PS: nothing to be embarrased about... ;)

We all do things that we are embarassed about, but that should not be one of them, you just were having a hard time with the CD-Rom.

I once forgot what the formatting toolbar was, call me a dope, I spent 30 minutes looking for it ;)

The CD comes as part of the book I am using and I suspec that the programme has probably been cut down to make room. I went to the MSDN site that mannish suggested and although there is a tremendous amount of information there does not be a specific link to VB. I have had to resort to opening the Help file within the VB programme folder and when I need to look up something I swap to it with Alt/Tab. The book I am using says that the Help is contect sensitive so that if I am in a situation all I have to do is press F1 and the help for that section will appear but this does not happen... I get the message that MSDN Collection does not exist. It is not hindering the learning process, it just takes longer to sort problems out which is a bit irritating.

I thank you all for your help and suggestions.