## 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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