Visual Studio 11 Beta is out and, with it, the release of Microsoft Help Viewer 2.0 Beta. Get started by downloading the bits at: Download Visual Studio 11 Beta (general availability) Download Visual Studio 11 Beta (MSDN Subscribers) The Help Viewer team’s been busy since I blogged about new features in the Developer Preview. In [...]
This week at Microsoft’s BUILD conference, we unveiled the new Windows Dev Center with four focused sub-centers: Metro style apps, Internet Explorer, Desktop apps and Hardware: Metro style apps Internet Explorer Desktop apps Hardware As you click through the options in the Center navigation menus, you’ll see familiar MSDN pages (Samples, Downloads, Community, etc.) but [...]
UPDATE: This post describes new features introduced in the Microsoft Help Viewer 2.0 Developer Preview. Additional features have been delivered in the newer Microsoft Help Viewer 2.0 Beta. The Microsoft Help Viewer 2.0 Developer Preview is now available as part of the Visual Studio 11 Developer Preview. Get the bits at: Download Visual Studio 11 [...]
We recently introduced a Beta version of the “Print/Export Multiple Topics” feature in the TechNet Lightweight Library. The Print/Export feature enables readers to: Create and organize a custom collection of Library topics Export the collection to a PDF or HTML document Print the collection How do I get started? There are several prerequisites for using [...]
So you’ve decided to create some local content and you want to use the Visual Studio branding package to simplify your life. It would be helpful to look at Visual Studio source content so you can learn by example. What’s the easiest way to examine Visual Studio local Help topics in raw XHTML? Let me [...]
In my last post, I explained how to add a simple, text-only topic to your local Help Library. I also described how metadata connects content into the help system. Now let’s look at what we can do to make our topic a little more interesting. (Skip ahead to the hands-on tutorial if you’re not interested [...]
