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Title: WIN32.HLP
Post by: port513 on May 27, 2006, 04:42:43 AM
Does anyone have a recent WIN32.HLP?

My WIN32.HLP 1995-07-11 and is 22MB large, it must be a more recent one out, right?


/Henke
Title: Re: WIN32.HLP
Post by: hutch-- on May 27, 2006, 06:20:14 AM
port, there is no later WIN32.HLP but its very useful for win 32 based code. For later stuff you use MSDN online. Have a look at the forum web site for the links.
Title: Re: WIN32.HLP
Post by: Vortex on May 27, 2006, 07:04:29 AM
This one below :

http://spiff.tripnet.se/~iczelion/files/win32api.zip

dates 14 march 1997
Title: Re: WIN32.HLP
Post by: Mincho Georgiev on May 27, 2006, 07:54:13 AM
The most recent one is MSDN, hutch is right. Unfortunately the offline version is in the Visual Studio 2005 package for about 1500$, so you can browse it online and collect the needed info.
Title: Re: WIN32.HLP
Post by: Ghirai on May 27, 2006, 08:00:21 AM
I have one with extended cnt: http://ghirai.com/hutch/mmi.html
Title: Re: WIN32.HLP
Post by: port513 on May 27, 2006, 09:39:54 AM
I allready own offline version of MSDN ;) My company pays for all Microsoft development tools ;)


/Henke
Title: Re: WIN32.HLP
Post by: stanhebben on May 27, 2006, 09:45:24 AM
> My company pays for all Microsoft development tools ;)

Do they really got that much money?  :bg  :wink
Title: Re: WIN32.HLP
Post by: port513 on May 27, 2006, 03:11:01 PM
Jupps, we get all fun stuff from Microsoft ;)

But I don't know how much they pay per year but they get everything that Microsoft release ;)


/Henke
Title: Re: WIN32.HLP
Post by: Tedd on May 30, 2006, 04:43:00 AM
My Win32.hlp is dated 2000-01-31, file-size 23.7MB
It's part of a Microsoft Win32SDK Programmers reference, which contains a whole list of other help files including multimedia, winsock, tapi, ole, rpc, etc. (bundle totals 40MB)
I'm afraid I don't strictly remember where I got it from (an msdn link obviously) but I doubt it will still be available anyway.
Title: Re: WIN32.HLP
Post by: stanhebben on May 30, 2006, 08:44:03 AM
There seem to be a lot of help files bundled with the platform sdk, I just have to figure out how to use them. These seem to be very recent.
Title: Re: WIN32.HLP
Post by: redskull on May 30, 2006, 04:29:43 PM
when i downloaded the server 2003 SDK, it came with an uptodate help file,  and the offline version of the API reference is part of it.  The only way I could start it up is to use the shortcut the installation program put on the start menu: it looks something like this:

"C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\help\dexplore.exe" /helpcol ms-help://MS.PSDKSVR2003SP1.1033

frankly i just prefered one massive help file, instead of all the compiled html BS, and all the extra luggage the SDK brings to the party.  (I downloaded it from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=A55B6B43-E24F-4EA3-A93E-40C0EC4F68E5&displaylang=en(
Title: Re: WIN32.HLP
Post by: stanhebben on May 31, 2006, 01:53:18 PM
Ah I see - never noticed that shortcut.
Title: Re: WIN32.HLP
Post by: paranoidx on June 02, 2006, 02:50:38 AM
I have the Visual Studio 2005 bundle with MSDN but the it uses Help 2.0. Anyone got clues as to how to convert it back to CHM or HLP? preferable HLP. I made many attempts e.g. cut/paste/script assistant but the task is daunting! (gave up after 2hrs and gone through only scratching the surface, whole MSDN 1.5Gb).

The extensions are hx*.

why can't m$ be more consistant!

btw. the new help 2.0 is not better imho.

from what I gathered they are abandoning the help 2.0 with yet another new one? arrggg..


Title: Re: WIN32.HLP
Post by: port513 on June 02, 2006, 03:26:27 AM
Quote from: paranoidx on June 02, 2006, 02:50:38 AM
I have the Visual Studio 2005 bundle with MSDN but the it uses Help 2.0. Anyone got clues as to how to convert it back to CHM or HLP? preferable HLP. I made many attempts e.g. cut/paste/script assistant but the task is daunting! (gave up after 2hrs and gone through only scratching the surface, whole MSDN 1.5Gb).

The extensions are hx*.

why can't m$ be more consistant!

btw. the new help 2.0 is not better imho.

from what I gathered they are abandoning the help 2.0 with yet another new one? arrggg..




If you find out a good way to get only one file, let me know ;)

I also have VS 2005 with MSDN but mine is more than 2GB but I only use about 800MB of it right now.


/Henke