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Subject:Re: Help development on WPF From:"Dana Worley" <dana -at- campbellsci -dot- com> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Wed, 08 Apr 2009 08:26:39 -0600
On Tuesday, April 07, 2009, Joe Sokohl wrote:
> 1. Who's doing work in this area? That is, who's delivering help for
> Windows Presentation Foundation apps?
Microsoft :)
> 2. What tools do you use? Is Robohelp helpful, or is everything you do
> hand-coded?
I think WPF is based on the .net framework, so I would assume that any help format you can
use in .net could be used in WPF. Most of the help development tools generate some type of
"nethelp". You could also use CHM files; here is a link describing that:
ComponentOne Doc-To-Help 2009 is your all-in-one authoring and publishing
solution. Author in Doc-To-Help's XML-based editor, Microsoft Word or
HTML and publish to the Web, Help systems or printed manuals. http://www.doctohelp.com
Help & Manual 5: The complete help authoring tool for individual
authors and teams. Professional power, intuitive interface. Write
once, publish to 8 formats. Multi-user authoring and version control! http://www.helpandmanual.com/
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