David:

I like the online manuals but I don't find them sufficient. IMO, the
printed manuals are much better when trying to learn a new tool.
I usually carry a Reference Manual on my daily commute to work and
often spend 30 minutes to 1 hour reading it in bed. I have a very
good memory and reading the description of every Class, Object, Method,
Property, etc. is my preferred learning methodology. I figure I already
know how to program; I just want to know what the language can do.

> They are all online in the help file and fully text searchable now
> because of that, which I find much better than the tree consuming
> paper manuals.

>> I purchased the full versions of Visual Studio 97 and Visual Studio 6
>> and received no manuals. I thought Microsoft was trying to save trees?

Daniel