MKS LEX & YACC 3.3 supports the following platforms:
Windows 2000 for Intel processors
Note the Microsoft Visual Studio add-in does not work for versions of Visual Studio before 6.0
To receive support for your MKS product, you must buy a Preferred Customer Support (PCS) contract. Many products come bundled with PCS. For others, PCS is optional. PCS is renewable annually for a small fee and entitles you to unlimited customer support, patches, bug fixes, and all product upgrades for the duration of the contract. In any given 12-month period, MKS typically releases one minor upgrade (maintenance), one major upgrade (new features), and several patches, none of which you will want to miss.
In addition, customers with PCS may elect to receive periodic mailings from our customer support organization. These mailings--geared at end users--outline new features, give tips for using features, discuss how to solve common problems, and provide other frequently requested information. Moreover, as MKS moves more of its internal support information onto the support web site, only those customers with PCS will be able to access this controlled information, that will include instant status about reported issues, a searchable database of frequently asked questions, and much more detailed self-help information.
If you are a new customer or you have never activated your PCS account, you must register with our customer support organization. Registration--mandatory before you can receive support--is simple. The easiest way to register is by filling out the registration form during product installation, or you may do so at any time over the web at http://www.mks.com/interop/register. And please be assured that this information is used for no other purpose than to provide support to you. Your personal information will not be given to anyone else.
Without PCS, you will not be entitled to any support, patches, bug fixes, upgrades, mailings, or self-help information. If you do not have PCS, all of our sales channels offer MKS Toolkit products with bundled PCS for your convenience. If you already have product, but need PCS, you may purchase a PCS contract by contacting MKS directly at 800-637-8034 or +1-703-803-3343.
With PCS, you can request customer support by contacting us using one of the means listed below and in your request, include the name and version number of the product that you are using, your serial number, and the operating system and version/patch level that you are using. Contact MKS customer support at:
Web: http://www.mks.com/interop/support
E-mail: tk_support@mkssoftware.com
Telephone: +1-703-803-7660 (9:00am to 7:00pm Eastern, Mon-Fri)
Fax: +1-703-803-3344
Please include MKS product name, release and serial number as well as your operating system name and release number with all Technical support correspondence. MKS product information is available by typing mksinfo at the command line prompt.
For sales and upgrading information contact MKS Sales:
Internet: tk_info@mkssoftware.com
Telephone: +1-703-803-3343
You can also browse our WWW Homepage @ interop
MKS Web Site: interop
MKS LEX & YACC Homepage: interop/products/ly/
MKS Technical Support: interop/support
MKS LEX & YACC Release 3.3 features the following changes from previous releases:
Increased support for Windows development. This includes the new LEX
& YACC add-in for Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0.
Documentation for MKS LEX & YACC is divided into two parts:
HTML Help files
To properly read the online HTML Help files, you must have Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or later installed on your system. It does not need to be your default browser.
The HTML Help files provide the following documentation:
LEX & YACC Tutorial
You can access the online reference pages for the command line utilities provided in MKS LEX & YACC either through the Help button of the Microsoft Visual Studio add-in or by using the command line man utility to view the ASCII reference pages. To access a command's reference page, type
man cmd_name
For example, to get the reference page for the yacc command, you would type
man yacc
To access a miscellaneous information page, type
man 5 page_name
For example, to see the miscellaneous information page for yacc, you would type
man 5 yacc