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MAML Migration: The Next Step in the Evolution of Help Authoring

Are you part of that herd of developers that is used to documenting applications by writing help topics in raw HTML? The power of it is nice, being able to add a pinch of bold here, a splash of italics there, some CSS for different layouts, a floating

ContractN on CodePlex

I've just released the first beta version of ContractN , which is a fully managed programming-by-contract framework that uses the CLR's built-in support for aspect-oriented programming (AOP), which provides a way to seamlessly and intuitively describe
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The Help! Project on CodePlex

I've just published the Help! project on CodePlex, which is intended to provide a fully managed compiled help system to replace Help 1.x (.chm).  Please contribute to this project by using the discussions area to post comments and ideas or join the

DocProject Conversion to 2008 and Backlog

My notes on the codebase conversion of DocProject 1.7.0 to DocProject 2008. Also, DocProject's backlog.

DocProject for Sandcastle 1.7.0 RC Preview

Preview some new features in DocProject for Sandcastle 1.7.0 Release Candidate.

DocSites Online

Are you interested in seeing the DocSite templates in action, live on the web? I found a couple...

DocProject for Sandcastle 1.6.2 Release Candidate

DocProject 1.6.2 was released and is now available for download on CodePlex.

From Setup and Deployment to Self-Extracting Installer

In this blog post I'm going to describe how developers can use a Setup and Deployment project in Visual Studio 2005, along with a few other tools, to create a single, self-extracting cabinet executable to install their managed software and prerequisites. I'm also going to provide a solution to one of the problems that I encountered when I recently attempted to create a self-extracting installer for one of my open source projects.

DocProject for Sandcastle 1.6.0 RC Preview

Preview some of the new features in the DocProject 1.6.0 Release Candidate.

DocProject for Sandcastle: Custom Topics

I've created a new tutorial that explains how to create custom topics in DocProject using Visual Studio's HTML designer.

DocProject for Sandcastle 1.5.0 Release Candidate

Preview one of the new features in the next release of DocProject, 1.5.0 RC and read a little about how I test DocProject and my plans for DocProject in the future.

2 in 1: DocProject for Sandcastle 1.4.0 and AIP Beta 1

I've just published 2 open source deployments in one month, one of which is a brand new project: Auto-Input Protection (AIP). The other, DocProject, has been around for a few versions already. Both deployments are available on CodePlex.

DocProject RC1 Update

New Release: DocProject 1.2.0 is available on CodePlex now.

DocProject RC1 Is Now Available

Version 1.1.0 of DocProject, a release candidate, is now available at CodePlex. Download the DocProject installer, which also installs the complete source code, Visual Studio solution file and project files.

MSDN Wiki

Have you noticed the new Community Content sections on msdn2 documentation? These new sections are part of the MSDN Wiki project, currently in Beta.
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