Question

I have been tasked to add an on-line help file to a windows application. So I have several questions in my mind:

• How do you create help files and how
  do you add them to a Windows Forms
  project?

• Is there a good way to handle them in
  a VS solution?

• Is there a tutorial on how to do
  this?

Answer 1

Here are indications to a few resources about how to create a help file:

Your best bet right now is to download
the Visual Studio 2005 SDK here:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/aa700819.aspx

This comes with HelpStudio Lite, which
will get you started right away.
Here’s some info on the paid version:

http://www.innovasys.com/products/hs2/overview.asp

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+1 to Dr. Explain.

Their latest version does a nice job
creating HTML help files (CHM). It
creates nice visual help files which
are great for my users since they seem
to want to read anything.

You can do a google search too.