Windows Programmer FAQ: How to get it

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4 total messages Started by Tom Haapanen Mon, 07 Mar 1994 05:01

#2869

Author: Tom Haapanen
Date: Mon, 07 Mar 1994 05:01

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Archive-name: ms-windows/faqprg.how-to
Last-modified: 1994-02-22
Related-archives: ms-windows/faqprg.asc,ms-windows/faqprg.zip


This is a regularly scheduled weekly posting, which explains how you can
obtain a copy of the Microsoft Windows Programmer FAQ (Frequently Asked
Questions) list.  The Windows Programmer FAQ is an extensive compilation of
Windows software development facts, tips, techniques, and other useful
information.  The FAQ is about 3300 lines long (in ASCII format) or 100K (as
a ZIP archive of a Windows Help file).

The Windows NT FAQ, authored by Adam Hamilton, is currently only available
in ASCII format.

All updates to the Windows FAQ and Windows Programmer FAQs are posted to the 
following two newsgroups:
	comp.binaries.ms-windows	WinHelp format
	comp.os.ms-windows.announce	ASCII text format
The updates are usually 30-60 days apart, depending on the amount of new
information and the maintainer's workload.

You can also FTP the FAQs from the following sites:
	ftp.nimh.nih.gov*	/pub/win3/FAQ
	wuarchive.wustl.edu*	/usenet/comp.binaries.ms-windows/faqs
	ftp.metrics.com		/faq
The FAQs will have filenames in the format of FAQWINxx.ZIP (Windows),
FAQPRGxx.zip (Windows Programmer), and FAQWNTxx.zip where xx is the version
number.  Please do not abuse these sites; limit your FTP activity to time
outside business hours (8 PM EST through 9 AM EST, or 0100 GMT through 1400
GMT).

    *Note: ftp.shiloh.nimh.nih.gov and wuarchive.wustl.edudo not currently
     	   maintain copies of the Windows NT FAQ.

If you wish to retrieve the FAQs using Gopher, you can locate them at
gopher.nimh.nih.gov.

If the news postings have expired on your site, and you have no FTP access,
you can obtain it using the decwrl ftp mail server.  For instructions, send
a mail message to ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com with a body containing simply:
       help
You will receive a full set of instructions by return mail.

-- 
[ /tom haapanen -- tomh@metrics.com -- software metrics inc -- waterloo, ont ]
[ "you can no more argue against quality than you                            ]
[  can argue against world peace or free video games."       -- p.j. plauger ]

Re: Windows Programmer FAQ: How to get it

#2867

Author: Tony G Wu
Date: Tue, 08 Mar 1994 09:04

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Tom Haapanen (tomh@metrics.com) wrote:

> Archive-name: ms-windows/faqprg.how-to
> Last-modified: 1994-02-22
> Related-archives: ms-windows/faqprg.asc,ms-windows/faqprg.zip


> This is a regularly scheduled weekly posting, which explains how you can
> obtain a copy of the Microsoft Windows Programmer FAQ (Frequently Asked
> Questions) list.  The Windows Programmer FAQ is an extensive compilation of
> Windows software development facts, tips, techniques, and other useful
> information.  The FAQ is about 3300 lines long (in ASCII format) or 100K (as
> a ZIP archive of a Windows Help file).

> --
> [ /tom haapanen -- tomh@metrics.com -- software metrics inc -- waterloo, ont ]
> [ "you can no more argue against quality than you                            ]
> [  can argue against world peace or free video games."       -- p.j. plauger ]

  Please post the F.A.Q. Since there are people who have no ftp accessibility.
  It is very inconvenient for them to obtain it.

--
Tony G Wu    at National Tsing-Hua University, Hsin-chu, Taiwan, R.O.C.
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* I apologize for any improper word.
* Author of WINCDP (Win CD Player).

Re: Windows Programmer FAQ: How to get it

#2868

Author: Tony G Wu
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 1994 12:31

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>   Please post the F.A.Q. Since there are people who have no ftp accessibility.
>   It is very inconvenient for them to obtain it.

> Yes, but possible. Here are the addresses of some mailservers that provides 
> FTP access for you: 

  I have received many responses regarding obtaining a copy of F.A.Q. by 
  using a mailserver.

  Well, a mailserver indeed solves the problem. But what I am trying to 
  say is the F.A.Q. should be posted regularly. When I get into a new
  newsgroup, I will first check the F.A.Q. to see for what this group is.
  Then I decide whether if I should subscribe it or not. In my honest
  opinion, a posted F.A.Q. will benefit more people than a post points
  people where to get the F.A.Q. 

--
Tony G Wu    at National Tsing-Hua University, Hsin-chu, Taiwan, R.O.C.
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* I apologize for any improper word.
* Author of WINCDP (Win CD Player).

Re: Windows Programmer FAQ: How to get it

#2865

Author: Anne Foxworthy
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 1994 07:07

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tony@Winkie.Oz.nthu.edu.tw (Tony G Wu) writes:

>>   Please post the F.A.Q. Since there are people who have no ftp accessibility.
>>   It is very inconvenient for them to obtain it.

>> Yes, but possible. Here are the addresses of some mailservers that provides 
>> FTP access for you: 

>  I have received many responses regarding obtaining a copy of F.A.Q. by 
>  using a mailserver.

>  Well, a mailserver indeed solves the problem. But what I am trying to 
>  say is the F.A.Q. should be posted regularly. When I get into a new
>  newsgroup, I will first check the F.A.Q. to see for what this group is.
>  Then I decide whether if I should subscribe it or not. In my honest
>  opinion, a posted F.A.Q. will benefit more people than a post points
>  people where to get the F.A.Q. 


Surely that depends on whether you are paying for news by the byte? If you
are, then you might prefer to only pay to get the FAQ when you want it,
and not have to pay to receive it whether you want it or not. After all,
many FAQs are largish.

Anne (who is one of those lucky enough not to have to pay anything for news).

-- 
--- annef@dmp.csiro.au ------------------- Standard Disclaimers Apply ---
"If you put butter and salt on it, it tastes like salty butter."
        -- Popcorn comes to the Discworld
           (Terry Pratchett, Moving Pictures)

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