I hate MSDN (the web version)
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The MSDN web version has a search feature? :rolleyes: Marc
yep, just Google the following: vbCListCtrl site:msdn.microsoft.com
-- You have to explain to them [VB coders] what you mean by "typed". their first response is likely to be something like, "Of course my code is typed. Do you think i magically project it onto the screen with the power of my mind?" --- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
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I go in, type in CDC::BitBlt answer : We're sorry, we couldn't find any results containing CDC::BitBlt and there's even a clickable suggestion: Did you mean: cdc bitblt site lab msdn microsoft yeah, maybe I did mean that, let's click on that : answer : We're sorry, we couldn't find any results containing cdc bitblt site lab msdn microsoft stupid search engine, stupid, stupid, stupid. I'm wasting valuable time and money searching MSDN and ranting here. I learned my lesson : I typed CDC::BitBlt in the google search box of Firefox, and the first link is the good one. stupid MSDN.
Maximilien Lincourt Your Head A Splode - Strong Bad
The whole msdn site has become a joke. It's been broken beyond any sense of usability for years now and clearly Microsoft doesn't give a damn or they would have fixed it a long, long time ago. Odd that any division of Microsoft would encourage use of Google but there is really no workable alternative.
"I don't want more choice. I just want better things!" - Edina Monsoon
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I go in, type in CDC::BitBlt answer : We're sorry, we couldn't find any results containing CDC::BitBlt and there's even a clickable suggestion: Did you mean: cdc bitblt site lab msdn microsoft yeah, maybe I did mean that, let's click on that : answer : We're sorry, we couldn't find any results containing cdc bitblt site lab msdn microsoft stupid search engine, stupid, stupid, stupid. I'm wasting valuable time and money searching MSDN and ranting here. I learned my lesson : I typed CDC::BitBlt in the google search box of Firefox, and the first link is the good one. stupid MSDN.
Maximilien Lincourt Your Head A Splode - Strong Bad
Maximilien wrote:
I typed CDC::BitBlt in the google search box of Firefox, and the first link is the good one.
I searched MSDN for
BitBlt(), and it was the sixth one in the result list. Still one click away. :confused:
"A good athlete is the result of a good and worthy opponent." - David Crow
"To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have deference for others governs our manners." - Laurence Sterne
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I go in, type in CDC::BitBlt answer : We're sorry, we couldn't find any results containing CDC::BitBlt and there's even a clickable suggestion: Did you mean: cdc bitblt site lab msdn microsoft yeah, maybe I did mean that, let's click on that : answer : We're sorry, we couldn't find any results containing cdc bitblt site lab msdn microsoft stupid search engine, stupid, stupid, stupid. I'm wasting valuable time and money searching MSDN and ranting here. I learned my lesson : I typed CDC::BitBlt in the google search box of Firefox, and the first link is the good one. stupid MSDN.
Maximilien Lincourt Your Head A Splode - Strong Bad
Ballmer = Cheney The more power they get, the more it gets screwed up up... Oh I guess I'm on the no fly list now :)
Just trying to keep the forces of entropy at bay
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Maximilien wrote:
I typed CDC::BitBlt in the google search box of Firefox, and the first link is the good one.
I searched MSDN for
BitBlt(), and it was the sixth one in the result list. Still one click away. :confused:
"A good athlete is the result of a good and worthy opponent." - David Crow
"To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have deference for others governs our manners." - Laurence Sterne
Searching for
CDC BitBltand"CDC::BitBlt"also work. :) What's funny though, is that the autosuggest dropdown suggestscdc::bitblt- the query that doesn't work - when you start typing cdc... :rolleyes:----
Yes, but can you blame them for doing so if that's the only legal way they can hire programmers they want at the rate they can afford?
-- Nish on sketchy hiring practices
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Actually, I meant pages cached by Google...
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Here's a strange thing. MSDN is supposedly now using Windows Live Search. If you enter your search directly in Live Search it returns results similar to Google. But if you enter it in MSDN search it coughs and splutters! :confused:
Kevin
As I posted further up the thread, I think it's a hidden site:lab.msdn.microsoft.com search parameter. The content has now moved to msdn2.microsoft.com and the lab.msdn.microsoft.com references have aged out of the search index.
Stability. What an interesting concept. -- Chris Maunder
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Not only that, but the new layout is so ungodly slow it's utterly frustrating to do anything with it at all. On the upside, at least there's something (try looking up help with *nix man :) ). This does bring to mind a question: What did the MSDN developers develop this on? Do they have some uber fast 4 Gb internal network that they use? Wouldn't the poor performance have cropped up? And if not, why not?
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Searching for
CDC BitBltand"CDC::BitBlt"also work. :) What's funny though, is that the autosuggest dropdown suggestscdc::bitblt- the query that doesn't work - when you start typing cdc... :rolleyes:----
Yes, but can you blame them for doing so if that's the only legal way they can hire programmers they want at the rate they can afford?
-- Nish on sketchy hiring practices
When I'm in VC (2005 X|) and put the cursor on BitBlt and hit F1, MSDN pops up and searches for WTL::CDCT::BitBlt WHICH IS NOT THERE. ARGH. JUST SEARCH FOR BITBLT LIKE ANY SANE HELP SYSTEM. sorry.
--Mike-- Visual C++ MVP :cool: LINKS~! Ericahist | PimpFish | CP SearchBar v3.0 | C++ Forum FAQ
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When I'm in VC (2005 X|) and put the cursor on BitBlt and hit F1, MSDN pops up and searches for WTL::CDCT::BitBlt WHICH IS NOT THERE. ARGH. JUST SEARCH FOR BITBLT LIKE ANY SANE HELP SYSTEM. sorry.
--Mike-- Visual C++ MVP :cool: LINKS~! Ericahist | PimpFish | CP SearchBar v3.0 | C++ Forum FAQ
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Not only that, but the new layout is so ungodly slow it's utterly frustrating to do anything with it at all. On the upside, at least there's something (try looking up help with *nix man :) ). This does bring to mind a question: What did the MSDN developers develop this on? Do they have some uber fast 4 Gb internal network that they use? Wouldn't the poor performance have cropped up? And if not, why not?
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Jim Crafton wrote:
try looking up help with *nix man
Yes, yes I did. Loaded in less then a secound and told me what I wanted to know.
Brad Australian - Christian Graus on "Best books for VBscript" A big thick one, so you can whack yourself on the head with it.
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When I'm in VC (2005 X|) and put the cursor on BitBlt and hit F1, MSDN pops up and searches for WTL::CDCT::BitBlt WHICH IS NOT THERE. ARGH. JUST SEARCH FOR BITBLT LIKE ANY SANE HELP SYSTEM. sorry.
--Mike-- Visual C++ MVP :cool: LINKS~! Ericahist | PimpFish | CP SearchBar v3.0 | C++ Forum FAQ
Use that Google macro for F1 instead. Google search VS.NET macro[^]
Kevin
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Jim Crafton wrote:
try looking up help with *nix man
Yes, yes I did. Loaded in less then a secound and told me what I wanted to know.
Brad Australian - Christian Graus on "Best books for VBscript" A big thick one, so you can whack yourself on the head with it.
I stand corrected! :)
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