Designing Unique Manipulators

	Chapter 2 - A Quick Start Using the IDE
	Visual C++ 6: The Complete Reference
	Chris H. Pappas and William H. Murray, III

Copyright 1998 The McGraw-Hill Companies

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	Accessing Context-Sensitive Help

	Help for each Visual C++ IDE feature is easily accessed because all of the compiler’s documentation is online. Tapping into this valuable resource is as simple as placing the cursor on the feature in question and pressing F1.

	However, context-sensitive help is not restricted to Visual C++ IDE features. If you place the cursor on a C/C++ language construct and press F1, the help utility will automatically display a description of the construct’s syntax, an explanation of its use, and often a clarifying, executable example.

	This chapter is designed to give you a broad overview of each Visual C++ IDE option. Do not become discouraged by the number of features and options available. You can use the default settings of many of the Visual C++ IDE’s capabilities, which makes it easy to get an application up and running.

	As your experience grows and your application requirements increase in complexity, you will gradually gain hands-on experience with the more sophisticated capabilities of this powerful environment. While you are reading this chapter, take a pencil and check those Visual C++ IDE features that sound interesting to you. When the need arises to use one of these features, you can easily refer back to this section for an explanation of how to use the option.

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