From: Axel DOT Riese AT risc DOT uni-linz DOT ac DOT at (Axel Riese)
Subject: Re: Win32 Online Documentation?
20 Nov 1997 15:55:09 -0800
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Hi all!
 
> Greetings,
> 
> 	I realize this has been asked before (way back in February).  I also
> realize that MS is very greedy when it comes to making Win32
> documentation available in an easy to use format such as .html or NT .hlp 
> files.  Even so, I am wondering if anyone, besides MS, has something like 
> that available for download.  As it stands, they are making all the SDKs 
> available if the company desiring nothing more than documentation are 
> willing to add another $US500/yr to the MS coffers.
 
Some months ago I downloaded the file api32wh.hlp from somewhere. This is a
rather big (8 MB) Windows Help file from Microsoft which describes most of
the Win32 API functions in detail. For me, this documentation turned out to
be very useful for writing Win32 applications, since with a programmable
editor you can quickly look up information on a specific function, structure,
etc.

Unfortunately, I don't remember where I got this file from (actually an address
ending with .ac.uk), but it should not be too difficult to figure this out.
However I remember that the version at ftp.funet.fi was broken !

Hope this helps,

   Axel


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