I have VsDocman for generating help from the source code comments (http://www.helixoft.com/vsdocman/overview.html?net=a4c186p02) (it will generate help without any comments but the final outcome won't be as good if you do) I also have a copy of Help & Manual for producing documentation (http://www.ec-software.com/)
You can generate documentation in VsDocman in a variety of formats including in Help & manual format. Once I generate help in this format I can use Help & Manual to apply some spit and polish. Used Help & manual before for creating help files for Delphi projects. I was fairly happy with the product. Now that I have moved on to C# I am hoping that it will assist me again not only for help files but also for user documentation. I have played with VSDocman but really need to spend more time with it. Last few times I tried it, it did not give me what I expected. I suspect a wetware issue was at fault and that will be overcome in due course with time and experience. Regards Peter Maddin Applications Development Officer PathWest Laboratory Medicine WA Phone : +618 9473 3944 Fax : +618 9473 3982 E-Mail : peter.mad...@pathwest.wa.gov.au The contents of this e-mail transmission outside of the WAGHS network are intended solely for the named recipient's), may be confidential, and may be privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure in the public interest. The use, reproduction, disclosure or distribution of the contents of this e-mail transmission by any person other than the named recipient(s) is prohibited. If you are not a named recipient please notify the sender immediately. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Greg Keogh Sent: Friday, 29 October 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
