[2005] Producing hekp files

[venerable bede]

Hi folks,

I have just been asked to add some help files to a large windows application I have written and was wondering if you guys had any tips/tricks/tools you could share with me.

I always assumed VS.net had some built in tools for this but looks like I'm wrong as usual.

Thanks In Advance

[Ginolard]

I use this. It's free, open-source and does the job perfectly well

http://www.vizacc.com/

[sparrow1]

Hi folks,

I have just been asked to add some help files to a large windows application I have written and was wondering if you guys had any tips/tricks/tools you could share with me.

I always assumed VS.net had some built in tools for this but looks like I'm wrong as usual.

Thanks In Advance

Hi,

You can use the HelpProvider for that.
That means when you click the F1 button then the help file will open.
Here's a link how to use it:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...pprovider.aspx

Wkr,

sparrow1

[ProphetBeal]

VS 2005 does have a "help" system built in. You can comment your code w/ xml style tags that get compiled into an xml file when you compile your source code. Then you can take that xml and convert it yourself or use something like Sandcastle to do the converting

''' <summary>
''' Procedure takes the object that is passed finds the form, stores both the form and control.
''' </summary>
''' <param name="sender">This is the object that the DragDrop will be captured for.</param>
''' <remarks></remarks>
Public Sub New(ByVal sender As System.Object)
'Code here
End Sub

Edit:Added Example Code

[mendhak]

Doc2Help by ComponentOne.