The Microsoft Advisor

PWB makes programming easier by providing the Microsoft Advisor Help system, which contains comprehensive information about:

PWB editing functions

PWB advanced features

PWB menus and dialog boxes

CodeView debugger

C and C++ languages

C and C++ compiler options

C run-time library

P-code

Microsoft utilities (such as NMAKE, LINK, and so on)

Windows API (application programming interface)

Microsoft class libraries

The Advisor provides context-sensitive Help and general Help. Context-sensitive Help provides information about the menu, dialog box, or language element at the cursor. To see context-sensitive Help, press the F1 key. PWB displays the Help window to show the requested information. You can also get context-sensitive Help and more general Help by using the Help menu.

To answer questions of a less specific nature, you can access the Contents screen by choosing Contents from the Help menu or by pressing SHIFT+F1. From the Advisor contents, you can access Help on any other subject in the database.

·To get started using the Microsoft Advisor:

From the Help menu, choose the Help on Help command.

Help on Help teaches you how to use the Microsoft Advisor Help system. For more information on using Help, see Chapter 23.

·To close the Help window:

Click the upper-left corner of the Help window (the Close box), press ESC, choose Close from the File menu, or press CTRL+F4.

Note:

Click the Close box, choose Close from the File menu, or press CTRL+F4 to close any open window in PWB.

The following sections explain basic editing procedures. If you're already familiar with these, you can skip to “Opening an Existing File”.