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VS2005 context sensitive help for not finding correct topic

AndyHitchman

11 July 2007 21:41

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Hi,

I'm a new user of Document X. I've compiled Help 2.x help for a set of assemblies using the Visual Studio 2005 template and have integrated this into Visual Studio's help. It's all there with a ToC, indexes and looks good.

However, I've noticed that in the VS code editor if I put the cursor over class or member that is part of this help collection and press F1, help cannot find the item or shows a different topic with a similar name. For example, if I hit F1 over my documented class VicPol.Common.Repository.NHibernate.Select, help shows the topic DataTable.Select, or if I hit F1 on the member Page of VicPol.Common.Repository.NHibernate.Select, help shows Page members for System.Web.UI.Page.

In short, what am I doing wrong and how can I get help in Visual Studio to work with my compiled help?

Regards,

Andy

 

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  Richard Sloggett 04 September 2007 07:44

  Document! X automatically generates the information necessary to show dynamic help / F1 help when building Help 2.x documentation. But the Dynamic Help mechanism in Visual Studio is designed for the scenario when you are working with another projects code that references the assembly you have documented (e.g when hovering over code that uses a class/member in the assembly you have documented). The Visual Studio Dynamic Help system isn’t designed to provide F1 access to help when browsing an assemblies own source code.