From: weiqigao AT a DOT crl DOT com (Weiqi Gao)
Subject: Re: Win32 Online Documentation -- Revisited
19 Nov 1997 07:20:07 -0800
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Paul Garceau wrote:
> 
>         I've found the msdn reference library (Win32) and have
> been accessing it.  It is very impressive and nicely layed out, MS.
> 
>         To access anything using the Java VM that is the basis of the MSDN
> library takes a very long time (average of 10 minutes per link) for
> download and display of the information available (complete Win32
> documentation it appears).
> 
>         I've known this was available for level 1 MSDN members (a free MSDN
> membership w/access to the MSDN library after MSDN registration).
> 
>         Does anyone know where I might find downloadable documentation (one big
> chunk or as part of some other currently available distribution) on the
> net which is similar in scope and depth to the MSDN Win32 documentation?

How much effort are you willing to put in just to save $500?  Do you
realize you are trying to download more than 1GB of information in "one
big chunk"?  I'd say give Microsoft the $500 and save yourself a lot of
trouble.

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Weiqi Gao
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