WinXP style help in .NET winforms

[KishorK]

In my current project, I am required to create a Win XP style help. I am
okay with the earlier Html Help style help system. But in that the look and
feel of the help system is not of Win XP. We did download Microsoft Help SDK
for .NET 2003. It does create some help projects but, the runtime of this
help system is also not that of Win XP.

My questions are :

1. How Win XP style help can be created? Any new version of something say
Html/Microsoft Help for Win XP style help for .NET WinForms?

2. As .net documentation type help runs in dexplore.exe, is there any
container(exe) in which Win XP type help runs?

3. What about dictribution of these help files and their viewers? What if
say I design my help system for .NET (dexplore based) and client does not
have dexplore? Will setup and deployment package of my system (Windows
Installer) install all these required runtimes?


Kindly respond with as much material/links you can give me on this regards.

-KishorK

 

[KishorK]

thanks pete.

I will look at the things you suggested.

I will get back for more on this.

-KishorK