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As you may have already heard, Sandcastle [1] was officially released to the web (RTW) through CodePlex on January 15, 2008.  The license that was chosen is the Microsoft Public License (Ms-PL) [2], but keep an eye on it because it may change [3].  There are still a few unanswered questions that I have [3] about how Microsoft's work on ...

It's about that time again… Just FYI, DocProject 1.6.2 RC had more downloads in the last month than any other version to date. Thanks to everyone who tried it and provided valuable feedback! And BTW, I wrote a new article called How to Diagnose and Resolve Issues that provides guidance for gathering diagnostic information if you're having ...

DocProject 1.6.2 was released and is now available for download on CodePlex. I want to thank all of DocProject's users that took the time to report bugs and provide diagnostic information to me. You've been helpful. Recently, Anand blogged about DocProject and some of the other community projects that can automate Sandcastle to generate help ...

In this blog post you'll see and read about some of the new features of DocProject that will be released with the 1.6.0 Release Candidate. But first, I'd just like to say thanks to everyone who downloaded DocProject and provided feedback. I appreciate it. Please keep the comments and feedback coming! If you're only interested in screen ...

Update 2/10/08: DocProject 1.10.0 RC provides first-class support for Sandcastle's conceptual build process, which compiles additional content written in the XML-based Microsoft Assistance Markup Language (MAML) to produce MSDN-like help topics, optionally in combination with auto-generated reference topics.  19 conceptual templates are ...

In this blog entry I'm going to show a preview of one of the new features that I've included in DocProject for the next release. I'll also write a little about my open-source development habits, how I test DocProject and my plans for DocProject in the future. But before I begin I'd like to thank everyone that has downloaded DocProject and ...

I've made some more modifications to the DocProject software. Several classes have been refactored again and some new classes have been added. A few work items have been addressed and now there is support for Visual Basic.NET and ASP.NET Web Application projects (DocSites). You can also cancel the build in the middle of a step. Download the ...

Addendum [1/4/07]: DocProject on CodePlex DocProject is now available on CodePlex. From the home page you can access the How To... wiki, which provides updated guidance and information that was written after this blog entry. Also, I recommend that you download the installer from the codeplex website, here, instead of from my Downloads page ...