About Software Development

Recently I have started to focus on creating. I started with NDoc, my former known tool for creating technical documentation for my class libraries. This tool has not been continued and only supports libraries up to .NET 1.1. So my .NET 2.0 libraries cannot be used in combination with NDoc. After some searching I ended up with the latest tooling from Microsoft, Sandcastle. This tool is in Community Technology Preview version, but functional. Some useful links on Sandcastle: SandCastle Links

After you have downloaded and installed Sandcastle, you can use it by executing it on the command line from windows. But there is help. Some early birds have produced a GUI for Sandcastle. In total I have found two GUI implementations: Sandcastle Help File Builder and Final Builder. Sandcastle Help File Builder: SandCastleCTP

<font face="Arial">Right now I am using the Sandcastle Help File Builder. After installing it, I started creating my configuration. It is like NDoc, so for everyone who is familiar with NDoc it should be easy to use. After having configured my project I executed the creation of the help file. Everything went well except for the fact that it needs HTML Workshop command line compiler, hxcomp. I had to download the right HTML Help wokshop. Finding it was a big deal. I ended up with the following website: HTMLHelp 2.0 This website lists handy items about HTML Help Workshop 2.0, alias MS Help 2.0. The MS Help 2.0 is now encapsulated in the VS2005 SDK

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