Re: win32 and directories
From: Corey Murtagh (emonk_at_slingshot.co.nz.no.uce)
Date: 11/15/03
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Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2003 19:24:30 +1300
Noah Roberts wrote:
> Programmer Dude wrote:
<snip>
>> So RTMSDN for "FindFirst", "FindNext" & "WIN32_FIND_DATA".
>
> Yeah, if you know what you are looking for you can find it. I did
> eventually run into one of these functions and then was able to get to
> the rest, but finding them when you don't know their names is tough.
Same applies for manpages. If you don't know what you're looking for,
and it doesn't appear in the pagedesc, you're fairly much screwed. At
that point I Google for answers... although to be honest if I don't know
the exact API name I'm looking for, Google is first stop.
> Once you find what you are looking for the documentation is good,
> sometimes better than the man counterpart, but the search facility is
> sux. It is almost impossible to find anything on MSDN, at least for me.
But at least you have an option to search full-text, something that's
lacking from man. And better yet, Google returns much more satisfying
results when you're searching MSDN. Know your tools.
Personally I use the PSDK rather than MSDN. See if they're still
offering a download... it's a whole lot more focused and easier to use
all 'round.
-- Corey Murtagh The Electric Monk "Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur!"
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