download windows API reference (MSDN) for offline use [closed]

Question

I would like to have a windows API reference document available offline. MSDN is fine, but I also need this kind of information when I don't have access to internet.

pdf, chm, help (for emacs) would be fine.

Surely I am not the first person to want that, but I can't find anything. Could someone please point to a place to find that?

I saw the reference was maybe available in the SDK, but installing it takes ~200 MB, and I only want the documentation.

Answer 1

Just the Win32 API, but it's a thing of beauty: Win32.chm

Although it is now 17 years old, the Win32.hlp file from Microsoft is still a useful reference for those, like me, still programming using the "flat" Windows API. It still covers 99% of what I need and is much more convenient and faster to use than the current MSDN and Windows SDK documentation because it is much smaller. It is a file that is possible to add to the help menu of your IDE or favorite editor and call up instantly, even offline.

Answer 2

Visual Studio 2012/2013/2015 Help Downloader

Tool for downloading the Visual Studio 2012/2013/2015 help packages for offline use