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Make MSDN Website Load Faster

The MSDN website sucks. It loads extremely slowly, and is visually cluttered.

It turns out that MSDN has a low-bandwidth (“loband”) option. This will cause MSDN to render using much simpler HTML, which loads much more quickly and has a very clean appearance. To use this feature, tack “(loband)” at the end of the URL, before the .aspx suffix.

For example, here are the MSDN pages for SendMessage:

Note that you can make this the default rendering method by clicking on “Persist low bandwidth view” at the top of the page:

Persist Low-Bandwidth View

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How to Export a Type Library

It had been awhile since I’d exported a TypeLib, so I had forgotten how! The world has moved on to .Net and its “tlxexp.exe” tool, which is for .Net/CLR assemblies only.

1) Download OLEVIEW.EXE the OLE/COM Object Viewer

2) Run OLEVIEW, then double-click the Type Library in question.

Selecting a Type Library in the OLE/COM Viewer (OLEVIEW.EXE)

3) Copy the text of the Type Library to wherever you need it.

Viewing a Type Library in the OLE/COM Viewer (OLEVIEW.EXE)

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