Microsoft KB Archive/69232

PW0287: Windows Programmer’s Reference (Advisor Format) ID Number: Q69232

3.00 MS-DOS

Summary:

The following is the complete contents of the application note titled “Windows Programmer’s Reference (Advisor Format).” Application notes can be obtained by calling Microsoft Product Support Services at (206) 454-2030.

Windows Programmer’s Reference (Advisor Format)
The Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) provides the information contained in its “Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit Reference” manual in two different types of formatted files: the Windows Help format (used with the Windows Help engine) and the Advisor format (used with QuickHelp and the Programmer’s WorkBench).

The disk that comes with this application note contains a copy of the Advisor format file that should be used to replace the copy of this file included with the Windows SDK. The information in the two files is the same. However, the file included with this application note will display its table of contents in response to the QuickHelp View All Tables Of Contents command (from QuickHelp’s View menu, choose View All Tables Of Contents). The file shipped with the SDK does not.

Installing the Revised Help File
  Make sure that the Windows SDK is installed.   Using the Expand program (which is distributed with the Windows SDK), copy the file from the enclosed disk to the Windows development directory (by default, this is C:) by entering the following command at the DOS prompt: expand a:sdkadv.hl$ c:.hlp 