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<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=windows-1252">
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<META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="Microsoft Word 97">
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<TITLE>1</TITLE>
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</HEAD>
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<BODY LINK="#0000ff">
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<B><I><FONT FACE="Arial"><P>Newcomer Roadmap</P>
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</B></I></FONT><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>
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<P>This document will point you to what you need to install and what you need to learn to get started working on IE. </P>
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<B><P> </P>
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<OL>
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<LI>You’ve installed Office, right?</LI>
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</B>
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<P>If not, you can find it at:</P>
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</FONT><FONT SIZE=2><P></FONT><A HREF="file:///\\products1/relapps/off97sr1.95/pro/internal"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>\\products1\relapps\off97sr1.95\pro\internal</FONT></A></P>
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<P>By the way, you can get to remote shares such as this one from a console (DOS) window by typing: </P>
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<P>	</FONT><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=2>net use * \\<machine name>\<share name></P>
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</FONT><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>
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<P>The "*" means "use the first available drive letter."</P>
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<P> </P>
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<B><LI>How about MSDEV (Visual C++)?</LI>
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</FONT><FONT SIZE=2><P></FONT><A HREF="file:///\\products1/rellang/vc50/pro/x86/internal"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>\\products1\rellang\vc50\pro\x86\internal</FONT></A></P>
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<P>Some people use other editors, such as Source Insight (very powerful and comes on 1 floppy disk!) or Epsilon (an emacs clone). You can order these, as well as other stuff like computer hardware, books, and office lamps, through garyne. He’s the man.</P>
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</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>
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</FONT><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2><P> </P>
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<B><LI>And, of course, IE</LI>
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</B>
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</FONT><FONT SIZE=2><P></FONT><A HREF="http://ie/"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>http://ie/</FONT></A></P>
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<P>For now, you’ll want to install the latest "Self-Host" (i.e., stable) build.</P>
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<P> </P>
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<B><LI> Raid too</LI>
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<P>Raid is Microsoft’s internal bug reporting/tracking tool.</P>
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</FONT><FONT SIZE=2><P></FONT><A HREF="file:///\\toolsvr/tools/toolbox/raid/4_1"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>\\toolsvr\tools\toolbox\raid\4_1</FONT></A></P>
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<P>Once you’ve installed Raid, have your mentor or someone else mail you a sample query to get you started.</P>
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</FONT><FONT SIZE=2><P> </P>
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</FONT><B><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2><LI>Welcome to SLM</LI>
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</B>
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<P>All developers who might ssync or check in must face the temperamental wrath of that foul beast SLM ("slime"), the source control program we all love to hate.</P>
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<P>This document will guide you through the process of setting up your build environment, enlisting in IE projects, and (if you’re lucky) building IE binaries:</P>
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</FONT><FONT SIZE=2><P></FONT><A HREF="file:///\\toddgre3/mydocs/newcomer.doc"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>\\trango\slmadd\proj\src\bin\newcomer.doc</FONT></A></P>
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<P> </P>
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<B><LI>Learn WDEB</LI>
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</B>
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<P>CheeChew says: "Don’t be an msdev slacker; learn wdeb."</P>
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<P>WDEB386 is the Win9x kernel debugger we use. The learning curve is a bit steep, especially if you don’t have much assembly experience, so it’s best to start early. </P>
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<P>Get a null modem cable from garyne to hook your test and dev machines together, then install the software (wdeb386 for your test machine and rterm for your dev machine) from:</P>
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</FONT><FONT SIZE=2><P></FONT><A HREF="http://stressor/"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>http://stressor/</FONT></A></P>
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<FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>
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<P>You can find some online documentation for wdeb here:</P>
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</FONT><FONT SIZE=2><P></FONT><A HREF="http://abject/~raymondc/wdeb/"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>http://abject/~raymondc/wdeb/</FONT></A></P>
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<U><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2 COLOR="#0000ff">
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</U></FONT><B><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2><P> </P>
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<LI>Stylin’ and Profilin’</LI>
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</B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>
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</FONT><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2><P>See </FONT><A HREF="style.htm"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>style.htm</FONT></A><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2> for some coding style guidelines.</P>
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</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>
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</FONT><B><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2><P> </P>
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</OL>
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<P>Appendix: Useful Resources</P>
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</B>
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<P>COM reference:</P>
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</FONT><FONT SIZE=2><P></FONT><A HREF="http://mscominternal/oledev/olecom/com_co.htm"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>http://mscominternal/oledev/olecom/com_co.htm</FONT></A></P>
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<FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>
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<P>IE component ownership list:</P>
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<P>http://?</P>
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<P> </P>
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<P> </P></FONT></BODY>
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