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Has the Windows SDK help access been improved in this version?

When I updated to the v6 Mac/Win combo I really wanted to dump Microsoft VC
but I was not able to mainly because of the poor/slow IDE access to the
Windows SDK info.

The show stopper for me was the lack of a direct, instant linkage between
the IDE and the Win32 SDK online reference info.  In the Mac version of the
IDE I can highlight a Mac API call, do a key stroke shortcut and bang I am
looking at detailed API info.  This feature did not exist in the Windows
version of the v6 IDE.  In the Windows version I had to go to the desktop
Start menu, slowly sweep the mouse through several folder icon levels to
find "Win32SDK" and this only opened a help window.  Once the help window
appears I still had to click on a 'Help Topics' tab and then manually type
the word that I am looking for into an index or find box.  That burns up way
too much time and energy.  The Microsoft Windows API is unintuitive and
inconsistent - I have been coding for Windows for five years and I still
have to be in the Windows reference material constantly as I code and debug.
Unless I can get the same level of instant access to SDK info in the Windows
version as in the Mac then I am very hesitant to continue upgrade the combo.

Best regards, Major H.
majorh@mac.com
http://www.battlefront.com/