1. Up-To-Date win32.hlp
I've got the one from the archives, 11MB 16/4/96.
Today I searched, and downloaded one at 13MB, and one at 23MB; neither
were noticeably better than the 8-year-old one. Neither mentioned XP
(for instance) in any way, shape, or form.
Does anyone have a decent link?
Regards,
Pete
2. Re: Up-To-Date win32.hlp
Pete Lomax wrote:
>
> I've got the one from the archives, 11MB 16/4/96.
>
> Today I searched, and downloaded one at 13MB, and one at 23MB; neither
> were noticeably better than the 8-year-old one. Neither mentioned XP
> (for instance) in any way, shape, or form.
>
> Does anyone have a decent link?
You can download the Platform SDK for Windows XP SP2 at
http://www.microsoft.com/msdownload/platformsdk/sdkupdate/
It contains all the WIN32 API definitions (*.H files), samples in C and C#
(even for programming for the Tablet PC), and a large collection of Help
files that contain documentation about the following platforms:
- Windows XP, SP1 & SP2
- Windows Server 2003 Family (+ 64-bit version)
- Windows Me
- Windows 2000
- Windows NT 4 & 3.51
- Windows 95/98
I don't know how large the download is, but installed it takes about 400MB.
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3. Re: Up-To-Date win32.hlp
- Posted by Greg Haberek <ghaberek at gmail.com>
Feb 20, 2005
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Last edited Feb 21, 2005
> I don't know how large the download is, but installed it takes about 400MB.
The entire download is 10 cab files, 1 bat file and 1 extraction
utility. Together they make up about 266 MB, which extracts to 1.4 GB.
Personally, I'm burning the 266 MB download to a CD for future
reference, but I guess someone could also burn the 1.4 GB to a DVD+R
for easier installation.
~Greg
4. Re: Up-To-Date win32.hlp
On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 14:08:57 -0500, Greg Haberek <ghaberek at gmail.com>
wrote:
>
>> I don't know how large the download is, but installed it takes about 400MB.
>
>The entire download is 10 cab files, 1 bat file and 1 extraction
>utility. Together they make up about 266 MB, which extracts to 1.4 GB.
Ouch 
Since not everyone can afford that, and very few need the whole lot,
anyone care to improve the existing RDS link to *ten-year-old* info?
In hope,
Pete
5. Re: Up-To-Date win32.hlp
> Since not everyone can afford that, and very few need the whole lot,
> anyone care to improve the existing RDS link to *ten-year-old* info?
Well I started perusing throught the updated SDK that I downloaded and
burned to a CD, and the help file is total crap. All it does is tell
you *what* functions are available, not where they are or how to use
them. It's just one big list! It's nothing like Win32.hlp at all.
Don't waste the download.
~Greg
6. Re: Up-To-Date win32.hlp
>From: Greg Haberek <ghaberek at gmail.com>
>Reply-To: EUforum at topica.com
>To: EUforum at topica.com
>Subject: Re: Up-To-Date win32.hlp
>Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 20:10:49 -0500
>
>
> > Since not everyone can afford that, and very few need the whole lot,
> > anyone care to improve the existing RDS link to *ten-year-old* info?
>
>Well I started perusing throught the updated SDK that I downloaded and
>burned to a CD, and the help file is total crap. All it does is tell
>you *what* functions are available, not where they are or how to use
>them. It's just one big list! It's nothing like Win32.hlp at all.
>Don't waste the download.
>
Am I just looking in the wrong place or do you have this backwards? Are
you saying you downloaded a ~250 MB file to get a big *list*? I think you
are not looking in the right spot. The info on where to find a function is
at the bottom of the description page. It works just like the MSDN website.
>~Greg
>
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7. Re: Up-To-Date win32.hlp
If you don't want to download the whole library, you can still consult
the documentation online: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/
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