Integrating custom help into VSTA

 Q:

 

I was wondering how to integrate custom help files into VSTA.

So far, pressing F1 shows some general help about VSTA, but nothing that will help my customers to write macros.

 

 

 

A:

VSTA and Visual Studio use Microsoft Help 2.

 

HelpStudio Lite is the tool in the Visual Studio SDK that you use to author, integrate, and deploy Help content.

 Here are some links to help you out (be sure to open the first two in Internet Explorer):

Integrating Help into the IDE

 

Help Authoring and Integration Guide

 

MS H2 Collection Tutorial

 

An introduction to the Help Integration Wizard

 

Visual Studio 2005 - Free Help 2.x Authoring

 

 


Posted Jun 19 2009, 02:16 PM by BillL
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