Where's my .Net documentation?

[codegoboom]

I can't beleive that the framework is on my pc, but I have no help files; that just sucks! After perusing the MS download center, it looks like the whole huge package is an SDK, and the .chm's are not available seperately. Who can tell me if I'd be able to extract the help files from that bundle without installing the rest? (I really don't want to screw things up by trying to uninstall all that, and then reinstall w/ help included, if I can help it.)

[oracleguy]

More than likely the help is in the SDK like you suspected. There shouldn't be any harm in installing the SDK on your system. However if you do not want to do that you can either get a copy of the MSDN (they do sell subscriptions) or just use it on www.msdn.com, it is available for reading on the web for free.

[codegoboom]

Browsing that site is pure torture. :D I may have to bite the dl bullet or order the cd; it does say somewhere that you cannot install the software if it is already on your system, which is why I'm asking...

[liorean]

MSDN isn't a torture if you know the trick - use Google instead of Microsoft. Just place a "site:msdn.microsoft.com" when you search, and use search for any greater jumping about in the documentation .

[codegoboom]

Well, searching is one thing, and browsing another. Once you have all of the links in front of you ala tree menu, there's no point in searching; but at the same time, every click redirects you through their black box bs routine of synchronizing all of whatever goes on behind the scenes to bog it all down. Local files are so much better--and even give quicker searches than the all mighty Goo...

[liorean]

Oh, I guess I'm just so used to moving so much between the JScript, DHTML and IHTMLDocument/IXMLDocument interfaces that just browsing using their built in navigation doesn't suffice.

[codegoboom]

Yeah, I wouldn't know what to search for specifically enough in most cases, I'd think. There needs to be a rule that no software can be distributed without help included, darn it. :rolleyes:

[oracleguy]

Yeah, I wouldn't know what to search for specifically enough in most cases, I'd think. There needs to be a rule that no software can be distributed without help included, darn it. :rolleyes:

Yeah but think about it this way, for 99% of the people that install the framework to run applications, they don't need the help so why include it. You should be able to install the SDK with the framework already installed, I think you have to have it installed anyways to get the SDK to install.

[codegoboom]

I suppose trawling through the online swamp will do for the moment...

thanks