Chapter 1 Introduction

This chapter is intended to help you put Understand for C++ to good use quickly and easily. The chapter describes the basic views and modes of operation in Understand for C++.

This manual assumes a moderate understanding of the C/C++ programming language.

This chapter contains the following sections:

What is Understand for C++?

For Those Who Don’t Like to Read Manuals

Understand’s Parts and Terminology

Right-Click Menus Are Everywhere

Quickly Find Things in Your Source

Source and Graphical Views

The Information Browser Shows It All

Source Editor Provides Information Wherever You Look

Hierarchy Views Show Multi-Level Relationships

Structure Views Quickly Show Structure and Relations

ASCII and HTML Reports

PERL and C APIs for Custom Reporting


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