Failure to compile help project

I get the following error trying to compile the help project.

I am using vs 2008 and sdk is installed

The project fails to compile with the fllowing error:

-- Compile started at 12 July 2010 12:21:22
Error: HXC4001: XML syntax error: System error: -2146697209.
Error processing resource 'MS-Help://Hx/Resources/HelpCollection.DTD'.
[file:///C:/Code/Lucey/Release-3.0/Lucey.Explorer/Help/Build/Default/LuceyExplorer.hxc line 2 col 77
Fatal Error: HXC2056: Failed to parse the XML file: myname.hxc
-- Compile completed at 12 July 2010 12:21:22

Permanently deleted user 13 July 2010 07:54

This problem happens when a required Help 2.x resource - resources.hxs - is not present on your machine. It seems that some installs of the Sdk don't include this resource.

You should be able to solve this as follows:

Grab and install the Help 2.x registration utility Namespace# 2.0 from http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/NamespaceSharp
Launch Namespace# and right click on the "Hx" entry in the tree
Select "Register a help file"
Browse for the resources.hxs file - this will probably be in c:\Program Files\Microsoft Help 2.0 SDK\Resources.HxS but if it isn't there do a search on your machine for the location

Failure to compile help project

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