Help System
The previous version of Visual Studio interacted with the MSDN library to provide documentation. Visual Studio .NET still interacts with MSDN but in a visually different manner.
Integrated Help
MSDN consisted of an external program launched whenever help was requested in Visual C++ 6.0. Although communication between Visual Studio and the MSDN library still allowed for context-sensitive help, it was cumbersome having to switch back and forth between the two applications. Visual Studio .NET contains an internal Web browser that can be viewed in the same area in which source code windows and designers are viewed. In fact, when you launch Visual Studio .NET, the first thing you see is the Start page, which is an HTML page itself. Anytime ...
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