Reference > Help Formats > Windows Vista Help

Previously known as Windows Longhorn Help. This help format is not yet implemented because it has not yet been released by Microsoft. According to current information from Microsoft, Windows Vista Help will be the successor to HTML Help as the standard help format for Windows applications. However, Microsoft also said that MS Help 2.0 was going to be the successor to HTML Help and that never happened, so we shall have to wait and see.

Longhorn Help/ Windows Vista Help will probably be released with Windows Vista (which has been known as Longhorn for several years), which is currently scheduled to be launched at some time in late 2006. However, it currently seems possible that Vista Help will initially only be used for Windows Vista's own integrated help and will not be available for general use until later.

Support for the new format will be added to Help & Manual as soon as possible once the new help format is stable and a compiler becomes generally available.

•	Visit the MSDN website for background information and the latest news on Windows Vista Help.