I still use CHM format, and PDF. I used to use HDK years ago, but never kept up with its evolution (or did it die?).
But a new Microsoft help authoring system is a long time in coming. With VS2010, a new help system and Help Viewer was released, and accompanying its production was the SDK - see http://blogs.msdn.com/b/thehelpguy/ and also here <http://bit.ly/cHa0VO> It's XHTML / HTML5 -based, iirc. Having said that, I think the new Help authoring system itself was either still-born or its gestation is longer than the average elephant's. There's an Australian-run website which is a full bottle on all of the Microsoft Help systems - The Helpware Group - from memory, a bit of a messy website but a lot of good information if you're persistent / tolerant. _____ Ian Thomas Victoria Park, Western Australia _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Greg Keogh Sent: Friday, October 29, 2010 2:54 PM To: 'ozDotNet' Subject: Help authoring What are people using these days for writing application help? (someone writes help don't they?) Over the years I've had HDK for old HLP files, then RoboHelp for CHM files, then I used FrontPage and the hc.exe for CHM files. Sometimes I've just written a Word document and converted it to one big PDF. The H2(?) format used by local MSDN help was proprietary and we couldn't use that. Now HLP files are long dead and CHM files seem to be causing security warnings and falling out of favour. Although some big vendors like ComponentOne are still supplying CHM files. So overall, I'm totally confused by the current directions in help file authoring for .NET developers. Is anyone here on top of this issue and has recommendations? Cheers, Greg _____ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1153 / Virus Database: 424/3225 - Release Date: 10/28/10
