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[Guest]

If this isn't the right place to ask this, then hopefully someone will point
me in the right direction.

We have C# application created in Visual Studio 2005 which is approaching
the point of final release. We have people creating help files in Microsoft
Word. How do people create application help files that have a similar user
experience to Microsoft applications. I'd like to allow the user to at least
search the documentation for key words.

Thanks,
Randy

 

[Peter Duniho]

We have C# application created in Visual Studio 2005 which is approaching
the point of final release. We have people creating help files in
Microsoft
Word. How do people create application help files that have a similar
user
experience to Microsoft applications.

The "official" (un)supported method is via the HTML Help Workshop, a free
download from Microsoft (Google can find it for you).

There are commercial applications that do the same thing, but I haven't
used them. I have used the HTML Help Workshop, and I have to say, it's
likely any commercial application would be better. But you can get
the job done with Workshop if you want.

Pete