Add DXSDK's help documents to the MSDN of VS6

This article applies to DX8, DX7

The DXSDK belt over the MSDN in VS6 is older, and the help of DX8 or DX7 may not be convenient enough. We have seen a group of discussions in DXDevlist, where Tom Spilman found a good way to merge DX7 HELP into MSDN (this is also the same), Mr. Matthew Waddilove has completed the supplement under VS6. We press the way they introduced in the VS98, and it is slightly simple. It feels this more practical, so it is sorted out, I hope to use it for others, and I can not take the detour we have walked. But before, we have this this here, we don't have the responsibility to be re-installed without MSDN, everyone must be careful. Below we use the DX8 VCSDK to illustrate:

first step:

Find the MSDN directory to find "msdnvs98.col", which is actually a text in XML format, so we can use the text editor to open (it is better to make a backup before modifying), it is easy to understand. Add this code,

Save the file, the first step is completed, simple enough.

Note: Here we take the FolderOrder value of 2, you can modify it yourself to determine the location of the DX8SDK or DX7SDK column in MSDN and you put this small code into the "msdnvs98.col".

Let us then make a second step.

Step 2:

Search "hhcolreg.dat" on the hard disk, generally in C: / Windows / Help / under 98, usually in C: / Winnt / Help / under Win2k, Ha, luck, I will know everyone, this It is also a text file in an XML format. Also pay attention to the backup, open the text editor, add this code to the tag after the bottom of the file.

Note: 1. Here our DX8SDK help documents are placed in the D: / DX8SDK / DOC / DIRECTX8 / directory, readers are trying to store the absolute path of themselves. 2. The tag may not be 1, please see the value of the context. 3. The tag value should be consistent with the string values ​​after the "TitleString Value => tag in the first step.

It's so simple, finished, then open MSDN, see more DirectX 8.0 (C ) in the directory, then "index", listen to the hard disk, the msdn starts the index merge process, take time Wait, run the VC6, open the routines in a DX8SDK, find a less familiar DX8 interface or structure, press F1, see it, good :-).