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1. Welcome

Welcome to CodeWarrior Professional from Metrowerks, a flexible, powerful, and easy to use programming package for Windows®, Mac®, Solaris, Linux, and Java. Use CodeWarrior Professional to write software in C, C++, or Java for Windows, Mac, Solaris, Linux, or Java VM.

Whether you're new to programming or an experienced programmer using CodeWarrior for the first time, we want your programming experience to be good. For a start, read this guide as an introduction to CodeWarrior Professional.

If you can't wait to dive in and get started using CodeWarrior, see "Get Started, Quick!."

To find out the contents of this book, see "About this Book."

Got a problem you can't solve? See "Metrowerks Support" for information on contacting Metrowerks for technical and customer support.

The quickest way to learn about CodeWarrior is to follow the steps below.

1. Read the software license.

Please read the "Metrowerks Software License Agreement" and make sure you understand and agree with it before installing your new software.

2. Register CodeWarrior.

Make sure you've registered your software to receive technical support and any factory updates you might be entitled to. See "Registering CodeWarrior" for more information.

3. Introduce yourself to CodeWarrior.

See "Overview" to learn about using the different parts of CodeWarrior to develop software.

4. Install CodeWarrior.

To install your new software on your computer, follow the directions for your computer system:

• see "Windows® Installation and Programming of CodeWarrior®" to install CodeWarrior on Windows and create a small application.
• see "Mac® Installation and Programming of CodeWarrior®" to install CodeWarrior on the Mac and write a small application.
• see "Solaris Installation and Programming of CodeWarrior®" to install CodeWarrior for Solaris and create an application.
• see "Linux Installation and Programming of CodeWarrior®" to install CodeWarrior for Linux and create an application.

5. Take a tour of the CodeWarrior IDE.

6. Learn about the rest of CodeWarrior.

See "CodeWarrior Documentation" to learn more about other features of CodeWarrior and its documentation.

QuickStart Professional covers:

• what's in the CodeWarrior Professional software package
• how to install CodeWarrior Professional
• a brief introduction to the CodeWarrior IDE (Integrated Development Environment), the center of CodeWarrior software development
• where to find more information on using CodeWarrior
• getting technical and customer support from Metrowerks
• Information about CodeWarrior Year 2000 Compliance

This chapter	covers these topics
"Welcome"	introduction to this book, the CodeWarrior Reference Web Site, getting started, eligibility for free and discounted updates, Metrowerks Year 2000 policy, what's new, what you should know before using CodeWarrior
"Overview"	programming tools, host platforms, programming languages, target platforms, application frameworks, introduction to documentation and example projects
"Windows® Installation and Programming of CodeWarrior®"	system requirements and steps to install CodeWarrior on Microsoft Windows
"Mac® Installation and Programming of CodeWarrior®"	system requirements and steps to install CodeWarrior on the Mac
"Solaris Installation and Programming of CodeWarrior®"	system requirements, steps to install CodeWarrior on machines running Solaris
"Linux Installation and Programming of CodeWarrior®"	system requirements, steps to install CodeWarrior on machines running Linux
"A Quick Tour of CodeWarrior"	brief introduction to the CodeWarrior IDE, the center of CodeWarrior software development
"CodeWarrior Documentation"	covers detailed information about CodeWarrior Online Help, documentation, and third-party references and books
"Metrowerks Support"	contacting Metrowerks and its distributors for technical support, customer support, and other services
"Metrowerks Software License Agreement"	the conditions to using this software

If this is the first time you've purchased CodeWarrior, fill in the registration card and send it to Metrowerks to be eligible for receiving our world class technical support.

See "Registering a CodeWarrior Product" for details on registering your new Metrowerks product.

See "Technical Support" for more information on the technical support options available to you.

To find out what's new with CodeWarrior Professional, see:

• What's New release note

The Release Notes folder on the CD contains detailed release notes for the software in this product.

Finally, many of the Metrowerks documentation manuals contain a What's New section describing new features.

The Products provided by Metrowerks under the License agreement process dates only to the extent that the Products use date data provided by the host or target operating system for date representations used in internal processes, such as file modifications. Any Year 2000 Compliance issues resulting from the operation of the Products are therefore necessarily subject to the Year 2000 Compliance of the relevant host or target operating system. Metrowerks directs you to the relevant statements of Microsoft Corporation, Sun Microsystems, Inc., Apple Computer, Inc., and other host or target operating systems relating to the Year 2000 Compliance of their operating systems. Except as expressly described above, the Products, in themselves, do not process date data and therefore do not implicate Year 2000 Compliance issues.

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To get the most out of this software, you should be familiar with operating your computer, using the mouse, menus, buttons, windows, clicking, dragging, and so on. If you're not familiar with these terms or the actions associated with them, please refer to the instructions in the user's guide or the on-line help system that come with your computer.