help: tips from c++ api writers

["Carol Chung" <cychung55 -at- hotmail -dot- com>]

Hi,

I don't really know c++ but was asked to document an api on short notice. 
I'm expecting some info from the developer but don't know how much detail 
he'll provide. If I have to, I heard that you can extract info from header 
files. Do you know what the file extension for those are? Do you have any 
sample header file to show me what I should look for? A fake example would 
be fine.

I have understanding from Java code how to tell what classes, methods, 
parameters, return types look like but am not sure how different this may be 
for c++. Are header files in text format or do I need Visual Studio to view 
these?

-thanks, Carol
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