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Steve J
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Posted: 23rd Mar 2007 00:15
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Anyone else get theirs? Its amazing that they fit All the XP editions on 1 disc=O. I love how they finally compiled all the SDKS on one disc as well. Runs great, and I AM LOVING THE VISTA x64 DISC COMES WITH IT!

Overall, its about $15,000 worth of software, it is simply amazing really. I <3 MSDN.

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dab
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Posted: 23rd Mar 2007 09:24
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How much was it? Or did you pay 15,000?

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Kentaree
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Posted: 23rd Mar 2007 14:42
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SteveJ: You won't love it when you start trying to sift through the MSDN documentation trying to find something you want

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Benjamin
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Quote: "You won't love it when you start trying to sift through the MSDN documentation trying to find something you want"

As long as you have a brain it's not that difficult.

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Mnemonix
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Posted: 23rd Mar 2007 17:18
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Quote: "As long as you have a brain it's not that difficult."


This explains my recent difficulty in finding the MSDN article:-

"How to codez good LOL in visual C++ 1,2,3,5,6"

I shall attempt to find a brane.

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Kentaree
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Posted: 23rd Mar 2007 17:34
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Quote: "As long as you have a brain it's not that difficult."


Only when you look for n00bie stuff that anyone can do, look for anything advanced and the quality of the documentation decreases significantly

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Benjamin
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Posted: 23rd Mar 2007 17:38 Edited at: 23rd Mar 2007 17:38
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Quote: "Only when you look for n00bie stuff that anyone can do, look for anything advanced and the quality of the documentation decreases significantly"

Give me an example of what you define as 'advanced'.

Here is my guess:



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Kentaree
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How about creating a hook into the filesystem so you can track changes made? (Just off the top of my head)

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Mnemonix
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Posted: 23rd Mar 2007 17:52
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As in Hook the pirate?

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Benjamin
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Quote: "How about creating a hook into the filesystem so you can track changes made?"

Is that even possible through WinAPI?

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Steve J
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Posted: 23rd Mar 2007 18:26
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@dabip: It is a business subscription, I believe my company pays a few grand every year/month.

@Kentaree: Yes, the documentation is crap on 200 levels=P

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Benjamin
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Posted: 23rd Mar 2007 18:32 Edited at: 23rd Mar 2007 18:33
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Quote: "@Kentaree: Yes, the documentation is crap on 200 levels"

Is that based on experience or is it just another anti-Microsoft comment?



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Kentaree
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Posted: 23rd Mar 2007 18:40
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It is most definitely possible through the windows api. The MSDN documentation is atrocious, and that's talking from experience, it's gotten messier of the years as more has been added, but it was never great to begin with.

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Steve J
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Posted: 23rd Mar 2007 19:16 Edited at: 23rd Mar 2007 19:16
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No, I love microsoft products, I have the MICROSOFT DEVELOPERS NETWORK cd collection of software, it is all amazing, its just the MSDN documentations never were that organized to begin with.

edit: Oops didnt see Kentaree post

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Benjamin
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Posted: 23rd Mar 2007 19:20
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Quote: "I have the MICROSOFT DEVELOPERS NETWORK cd collection of software"

Ahh, why didn't you say.

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Steve J
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Posted: 23rd Mar 2007 19:22
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Sorry but you make it sound as if I bash Microsoft everyday..

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I'm gonna have to agree with everyone else and say the MSDN isn't the greatest documentation. At the very least they should separate the languages into separate collections.

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Jeku
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Posted: 23rd Mar 2007 21:34
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Yah, I've found several mistakes when I was going through some of the MSDN tutorials---- or maybe they're there on purpose to make sure you're paying attention?

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Steve J
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Posted: 23rd Mar 2007 21:39
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But...TEH CODEZ

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