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- From: whitted@telecheck.com (Brad Whitted)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools.owl
- Subject: Re: BC++ 5.0: should I get the printed docs?
- Date: Sun, 07 Apr 96 14:00:12 GMT
- Organization: TeleCheck International, Inc.
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- In article <314EAF9E.56D2@hal-pc.org>, "Jon S. Berndt" <jsb@hal-pc.org> wrote:
- >Craig Arnush wrote:
- >>
- >> stefan@burli.com (Stefan Ellis) writes:
- >> >
- >> >I've heard on these newsgroups that the printed docs have not
- >> >changed much since 4.0, so is there any point in my investing in yet
- >> >another set of printed BC docs? I am assuming that everything printed
- >> >is also available on the BC 5.0 CD.
- >>
- >> First of all, the information in the printed documentation is available
- >> on the CD in the form of help files. I haven't yet seen the printed
- >> manuals, but I would imagine there to be a number of changes from the 4.x
- >> documentation owing to the added features of the new 5.0 compiler.
- >>
- >> Me
- >> --
- >> /----------------------------------------------------\
- >> | Craig Arnush | "Zog!" |
- >> | craiga@netcom.com | - The Old One at Sigma 957 |
- >> \----------------------------------------------------/
- >
- >Either there's been a mistake, or you've been misinformed. I am a registered
- > BC++ 4.0 owner.
- >I upgraded to 5.0 last month (though 5.0 was not shipped immediately). I
- > received 3 manuals
- >for 5.0 last week. The OWL Programmer's Guide, The BC++ Users Guide, and the
- > BC++
- >Programmer's Guide. I think there are some more manuals due to arrive shortly.
- > So, Apparently
- >the manuals are shipped for 4.0 users, as they should be. So much has really
- > changed that the
- >old manuals are no good. Plus, I've heard the 4.0 manuals weren't really any
- > good for 4.0, as
- >well. The 5.0 manuals that I have seem well laid out, nicely printed with
- > glossy covers.
- >
- >Jon
- >
-
- Did you request the manuals? I was a 4.02 user and upgraded recently to the
- 5.0 Suite. The only manuals I got were for ObjectScripting, CodeGuard, the
- 4.5 & 5.0 compiler quick tours, and a getting started manual for BDE. I would
- like the manuals in either hard or electronic form. The help files are
- bulls*?! and in many cases wrong. Like the help on linker map options from
- the IDE. Help says there is a Detailed option, but this doesn't exist like it
- used to. I can't even get the linker from the IDE to produce a map file.
-
- Brad
-