Microsoft Monopoly Means No Documentation

I spent a great deal of time trying to load up a picturebox with an image stored in an Access data base.

The thing that was most troubling was the complete lack of documentation.

Every feature that exists in VB or Access had many, many man days spent in development. Which means that someone has extensive documentation on it.

Yet, when I went to Microsoft web site to look it up, I was told my product (access) was not supported in the us, but rather I had to pay $99 to speak with someone.

It is a shame that the Microsoft monopoly is able to steal from the consumers and the little developers. Not to get to political but i think it is unfortuante that the bust up of microsoft was averted. It is really a drag to the little developer the lack of documentation and proper development of so many features of their products.

Perhaps I am missing something but is there a place to find proper documentation on the various components - with examples of use?