Getting Started Building HTML Help Files (.CHM) from Visual Studio's XML Documentation

If you want to build HTML Help files (.CHM) from the XML Documentation embedded in your .NET code, here is a good post on how to get started:

http://saftsack.fs.uni-bayreuth.de/~dun3/archives/integrate-xml-code-comments-into-visual-studio-20052008-using-sandcastle-and-html-help-20/150.html


Here is some more information after you get going:

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/XML/csharpcodedocumentation.aspx

Here is even more good info on the XML Documentation Syntax from Alan Dean:

http://thoughtpad.net/alan-dean/cs-xml-documentation.html

Making your .CHM FIles (HTML Help) use a larger Font

This post is a little off topic, but this tip is worth a little more press.

If you can't read a .CHM file (HTML Help file) because the font is just too small, you can make it readable again (Thanks Garth Jones).

http://smsug.ca/blogs/garth_jones/archive/2008/10/20/tip-of-the-day.aspx


Options/Internet Options/Accessibility -> Ignore Fonts Sizes on specified Web pages