More Advanced Procedures > Visual Studio Help (MS Help 2.0)

Visual Studio Help is also known as MS Help 2.0. Originally this help format was intended to be the successor of HTML Help. However, Microsoft then postponed its release indefinitely and it is now clear that it is never going to be released as a help format for normal user applications.

•	Important Note: Please note that the support for Visual Studio Help/MS Help 2.0 is only included in the Professional version of Help & Manual 4.

Visual Studio Help is not a consumer help format!

Visual Studio Help is now only used for documenting add-on components designed to be integrated into the Visual Studio .NET programming environment. The advantage of this is that the documentation becomes part of the VS.NET's own documentation, making it possible to provide context-sensitive help for third-party VS.NET components.

About this documentation:

This section provides a very brief introduction to compiling Visual Studio Help with Help & Manual. If you want to use Visual Studio Help you need to be experienced in VS.NET programming, otherwise you shouldn't even think about using this help format. In addition to this you should also study the relevant Help 2.0 documentation in both VS.NET and the Visual Studio Help Integration Kit (VSHIK) very carefully.