Download Help Generator for Visual Studio .NET

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Brief Description

Help and documentation for Visual Studio 2003, 2005 and 2008.

The fastest way to add help and documentation to your

Visual Studio applications.

Notes:

• The 'Express' (free) version of Visual Studio does not support add-ins.
• On a system with multiple monitors you will have to switch one monitor off to run the Help Generator.

Visual Studio 2008

Visual Studio 2005

Visual Studio 2003

Quick Details

• File Name: For Visual Studio 2008: cnethelp9.exe
  For Visual Studio 2005: cnethelp8.exe
  For Visual Studio 2003: cnethelp.exe
• Version:4.0
• Date Published: 10may08 
• Language: English
• Download Size:
• 4.189kb (Visual Studio 2003) and 42589kb (Visual Studio 2005)

Instructions for use

The Help Generator is implemented as an add-in, not as stand alone program. After installation:

1. Open Visual Studio
2. Open the project you want to add help and documentation to
3. On the menu: Tools > Help Generator > New Project.

Important Notes

• To be able to compile the help project to a CHM file MS HTML Help Workshop has to be installed.
  Free download from Microsoft
• Also download the demo including source code showing how to activate HTML Help using code.
  Downloads for Visual Studio 2005: zips/VS2005_HelpDemoCS.zip | zips/VS2005_HelpDemoVB.zip
  Downloads for Visual Studio 2003: zips/VS2003_HelpDemoCS.zip | zips/VS2003_HelpDemoVB.zip

System Requirements

• Visual Studio
• MS HTML Help Workshop
• Supported Operating Systems: Windows 95/98/ME; Windows 2000; Windows XP; VISTA