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Microsoft Help 2.x

Microsoft Help 2.x is the help format used in Visual Studio .NET and MSDN. Help 2.x is the format to choose if you are creating help for a Visual Studio .NET Add-In or a .NET component.

Help 2.x does not include a redistributable viewer, so isn't a suitable format for Windows application help.

Help 2.x files are difficult to deploy manually, requiring a complex Windows Installer configuration to ensure that they are correctly registered. HelpStudio solves this problem by including a disributable Help 2.x registration tool to simplify registration and plugging in to the Visual Studio.NET help system.

If you are creating help for a .NET component, you can use Document! X to seamlessly include full reference documentation.
 

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