Not finding help for standard C functions

[Chris Saunders]

This may not be the appropriate place to ask this but I'll give it a try. I
have Visual Studio 2008 installed and when I try to look up a standard C
function I do not find help for this. It seems to me that on earlier
versions of Visual Studio I was able to find such help. Does anyone have a
clue as to what my problem is?

Regards
Chris Saunders

[Alex Blekhman]

"Chris Saunders" wrote:
> I have Visual Studio 2008 installed and when I try to look up a
> standard C function I do not find help for this. It seems to me
> that on earlier versions of Visual Studio I was able to find
> such help. Does anyone have a clue as to what my problem is?

You need to install MSDN library, as well. It should come with VS
DVD disk. Alternatively, you can download latest MSDN edition from
Microsoft.

Alex

[Chris Saunders]

First thanks very much for the response Alex, I appreciate it. First allow
me to let you know that I am not very accostumed to Visual Studio and won't
become so either. I mostly progam in a language called Eiffel and my Eiffel
compiler used to need Visual Studio because it writes C code based on the
Eiffel code and uses Visual Studio to do the compiling. It actually now
uses the compiler from the Windows SDK.

Would you have a link for where I could download the latest version? I have
a need to look up some documentation on C functions.

Regards
Chris Saunders

"Alex Blekhman" <tkfx....@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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[Alex Blekhman]

"Chris Saunders" wrote:
> First thanks very much for the response Alex, I appreciate it.
> First allow me to let you know that I am not very accostumed to
> Visual Studio and won't become so either. I mostly progam in a
> language called Eiffel and my Eiffel compiler used to need
> Visual Studio because it writes C code based on the Eiffel code
> and uses Visual Studio to do the compiling. It actually now
> uses the compiler from the Windows SDK.
>
> Would you have a link for where I could download the latest
> version? I have a need to look up some documentation on C
> functions.

Well, Visual Studio documentation comes in the form of MSDN
library. MSDN library can be installed locally on your machine
(usually from the same DVD disc you installed Visual Studio from).
Alternatively, you can use online MSDN library, which is almost
identical to what you have on DVD. Here is the direct link to
VC++2008 reference:

<http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ty9hx077.aspx>

MSDN Library is a huge archive of data. If all that you need is
occasional reference for C functions, then may be it will be
easier for you to go to the online version instead of installing
it locally. However, during MSDN installation you can choose which
parts you want to install. You don't have to install the whole
library.

Here is the link to the offline version of MSDN library for
VS2008:

<http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=7bbe5eda-5062-4ebb-83c7-d3c5ff92a373&DisplayLang=en>

HTH
Alex

[Chris Saunders]

Thanks very much for your help Alex. I downloaded and intalled the MSDN iso
and now I can find the help topics that I was looking for. I thought that I
had installed the help system when I installed Visual Studio 2008 but
apperently I did not. You have been very helpful and I want you to know it
is appreciated. The lack of scolding for my being dumb is appreciated as
well.

Regards
Chris Saunders

"Alex Blekhman" <tkfx....@yahoo.com> wrote in message

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[Alex Blekhman]

"Chris Saunders" wrote:
> You have been very helpful and I want you to know it is
> appreciated. The lack of scolding for my being dumb is
> appreciated as well.

You are welcome. :)

We all had been novices in something in the past until other
people helped. Asking questions is not dumb. :)

Alex