Online, Help, Environment, Options Dialog Box
This topic has been updated for Visual Studio 2005 SP1.
Use this page of the Options dialog box to specify what Help sources you intend to use for Help searches and F1. You can access this dialog box by selecting Options from the Tools menu, selecting Help from the Environment folder, and then choosing Online. If this page does not appear in the list, select Show all settings in the Options dialog box.
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| The dialog boxes and menu commands you see might differ from those described in Help depending on your active settings or edition. To change your settings, choose Import and Export Settings on the Tools menu. For more information, see Visual Studio Settings. |
When loading Help content
These options apply to full-text search as well as F1 Help.
- Try online first, then local
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Displays content from MSDN Online, if available. If no Help is found on MSDN Online, locally installed Help content is then displayed.
- Try local first, then online
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Displays content from sources installed on your computer. If no Help is found locally, MSDN Online content is then displayed.
- Try local only, not online
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Displays content from sources installed on your computer only. If no Help is found, an error topic appears.
Codezone Community
The following table has been updated for Visual Studio 2005 SP1.
- Providers
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List the possible Codezone Community Web sites that can be included in Help searches.
- Provider details
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Displays a brief description for each provider selected in the Codezone Community list.
- Download Provider List
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Click to download a list of Codezone community providers. You must have an active Internet connection to download providers.
Note This option appears only if you have never been connected to the Internet while Visual Studio is in use. For more information, see Help Sources: Local Help and Online Help.
Search these providers
These options affect full-text searches. By selecting or clearing a provider, you are adding or removing the provider from the search results list. The order in which providers are listed in Search these providers determines the order in which the search results for the provider are displayed on the Search page in Help.
- Local Help
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Help content installed on your local computer.
- MSDN Online
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MSDN Online content on the Web.
- Codezone Community
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Content from partner Web sites selected in the Codezone Community option.
- Questions
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Content from online discussion groups, forums, etc.
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