>David,
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>I'm not sure if it'll fill in all of the holes for you, but it'll sure help.
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>>Based on Amazon reviews of Hacker's guide, it seems like this ought to be in my library and I'm working on it. Will this provide me with the in-depth understanding of foundation class behavior I'm looking for? My ideal is a comprehensive technical interface spec that fully describes all of the externally observable behavior of the foundation classes. I want control, damn it!

Is there anything out there that fills all the holes? I have heard that MS produces additional documentation that is not in the MSDN...but of course costs a few bucks. Do you know if this is true and how to obtain these materials?