I know that the .CHM file format has been deprecated / not recommended / not
supported for 5 or more years, but I found that there is an installer for
Windows 8/8.1 for its "reader", Winhlp32.exe - but not for Windows 10. 

MSDN Magazine abandoned the format in 2009 or 2010.

I don't know if anyone writes help documentation for their Windows
applications any more - unless it's PDF or some form of HTML.

What's the experience and recommendsations of you folks on the ozdotnet
list? 

There is a way to coerce the Windows 7 install package for Winhp32.exe to
work for an install on Windows 10 64-bit (which is quite clever), but I'm
intrigued to know if Microsoft has any replacement for its various
generations of help file formats. For a decade or more (15+ years perhaps)
it spawned an entire industry of third-party help authoring applications.,
including a couple of Australian ones

 

Ian Thomas

Albert Park, Victoria 3206 Australia

 

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