CHAPTER 2 BUILDING C# APPLICATIONS
Figure 2-23. The Help Library Manager allows you to download a local copy of the .NET Framework 4.5
SDK Documentation
Regardless if you have installed the help system locally or are going online, the simplest way to
interact with the documentation is to highlight a C# keyword, type name or member name within the
Visual Studio code window, and press the F1 key. This will automatically open a documentation window for
the selected item. For example, select the string keyword within your Car class definition. After you press
F1, you will see the Help page for the string type appear.
Another useful aspect of the documentation is the Search tab of the display. Here you can enter in
the name of any namespace, type, or member and navigate to the correct location. If you were to try to
search for the System.Reflection namespace, you would be able to learn about the details of this
namespace, examine the contained types, view code examples, and so forth.
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