MSDN Library for Visual Studio 2008

[Shantanu Gadgil]

Hi,

Microsoft seems to have released the MSDN Library for Visual Studio 2008
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=6ff3bc60-32c8-4c22-8591-a20bf8dff1a2&displaylang=en

I have got the following MD5:

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fa585afed433a13edee02446e7961401  vs2008msdnlibraryenux1429217.iso

(The usual story ... no hash value on Microsoft's website ... so asking if anyone else has got the same!!!  :red :green :green )

Regards,
Shantanu

[VLaaD]

Excuse me, but I don't have MSDN installation as an .iso image, it came with Visual Studio 2008 image; however, if you use my results and compare them with WinMerge (http://www.winmerge.org/) or similar text-diffing utility with slightly modified output of the command line "FOR" syntax at the bottom, you should be able to easily compare files:

Command line for generation (you will need sha1.exe and md5.exe command line utilities that can be found here: http://unxutils.sourceforge.net/):

FOR /R <drive>:\MSDN %i IN (*.*) DO @ECHO %~pnxi (LENGTH:%~zi) && sha1 %i >>C:\MSDN_SHA1.txt
FOR /R <drive>:\MSDN %i IN (*.*) DO @ECHO %~pnxi (LENGTH:%~zi) && md5 %i >>C:\MSDN_MD5.txt

I hope that this one will help you. I could make .iso image, but it is almost certain that the output will be completely different (.iso contains dates as well...)

Regards!


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[Adamanteus]

 I also had such problem - was need clone utility for such type of images. It's found in some internet archives - BurnAware Free Edition and Ashampo Borning Studio.

[ossama]

hello,does this release the final release or it stills in BETA ? :green

[Vortex]

It's the final release.

[bozo]

anyone used visual studio 2008 yet?

[Adamanteus]

 I'm using trial Orcas, well works, except manifest for DirectX SDK require retail.

[ossama]

i had downloaded msdn 2008,but i couldnt install/run it,because i have only 256 MB of RAM, i will buya 1GB RAM and use it.i am using now msdn for visual studio 2005 and writing programs for windows xp,i am not sure if i realy need msdn 2008 (i think it has documentations for vista and later technologies on vista).am i right?

[zooba]

I've bought Visual Studio 2008 and it's great. A huge improvement over 2005 and earlier. C# 3.0 is quite a neat language - it will always lack the processing power of assembly but for creating beautiful GUIs, C# and WPF are top of the top at the moment. (I bought it because I mix languages often - the Express editions don't integrate with each other at all and it's a major pain in the butt when you want combined C++ (with inline assembly) and C# or VB applications).

Ossama,

You probably don't need the newer MSDN. It's all available online anyway. I personally downloaded it as soon as it was out.

Cheers,

Zooba :U

[ossama]

Ossama,

You probably don't need the newer MSDN. It's all available online anyway. I personally downloaded it as soon as it was out.

Cheers,

Zooba :U

hi zooba
i dont always have internet connection, so i need the msdn installed on my pc.
regards OSSAMA

[Rainstorm]

why is the msdn-library-iso download bigger than the visualstudio2008 iso (hope am not making a mistake) ?

zooba, thanks for the feedback on a retail copy ; )

[zooba]

why is the msdn-library-iso download bigger than the visualstudio2008 iso (hope am not making a mistake) ?

It contains a hell of a lot of documentation, that's why. :D If you install the MSDN Library then you'll never need to go to the website again (except to download the newest one or for community content).

Cheers,

Zooba :U